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Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins
Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins
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Since the mid-twentieth century, music has played a central role in encounters and interactions between the people of Japan and those of African descent. It proved far more effective for pro- moting interracial dialogue and understanding than efforts in the early 1900s to foster an alliance against white supremacy and imperialism. This essay unpacks the ways that encounters with Black music transformed Japanese musicking and generated knowledge and empathy for people of African descent among Japanese. Personal interactions between Black and Japanese musicians constituted a process of “grassroots globalization” that circumvented the dominance of American mass media in representing African …
American Rice In The Portuguese Market During The Eighteenth Century, Olivia Zapf
American Rice In The Portuguese Market During The Eighteenth Century, Olivia Zapf
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In the early 18th century, rice became an important crop in South Carolina’s economy. Literature tends to focus on production, but less is known about the transatlantic rice trade. This paper looks at the broader context of stimuli and disruptions in the South Carolina transatlantic rice trade, including market demand, trade regulation, and international conflict. This paper seeks to answer the question: how did market demand, trade regulation, and conflict affect the Carolina transatlantic rice trade during the 18th century? By looking at existing research and synthesizing key events of this time, this paper provides a relative timeline …