Infectious Rhythm Inner Products this book shows how identity

this book shows how identity is constrained through myriad struggles over the meanings and practices of being Jewish

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From reviews of the hardback: 'What is on offer here is both a highly original and profoundly stimulating analysis of ideological thinking

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Infectious Rhythm Inner Products this book shows how identityBarbara Browning follows the trail of "infectious rhythm" from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout, she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification for its brutal repression The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which recent