Rara: Music, Identity and Culture in Haiti

Rara: Music, Identity and Culture in Haiti

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Author(s): Sandy Larose
ISBN: 9781919256306

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Sandy Larose’s book represents a major contribution to the international diffusion of Rara. By making this tradition accessible to an English-speaking audience, it not only expands the understanding of Haitian culture but also strengthens the recognition of its patrimonial wealth on a global scale. Often marginalised or misunderstood, Rara finds here a platform where its beauty and complexity can be fully appreciated.

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Sandy Larose holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Laval in Québec, Canada. Professor of Social Sciences, he explores music, identity, and social resistance through extensive ethnographic fieldwork.

His monographs include L’invention du sujet moderne à travers la mode (with Francky Saint Fleur, Éditions l’Harmattan, 2024), Femme, identité et chrétienté aux temps modernes (with Ginette Francilus Sanon, Éditions l’Harmattan, 2022), Rap, Université et identité (with Ludia Exantus, Éditions l’Harmattan, 2021), Le troisième âge en Haïti: Entre mythe et réalité sociale (with Dermite Saint Juste, Éditions Universitaires Européennes, 2016) and Phénomène du Hip Hop: Introduction à une rapologie haïtienne (Éditions Universitaires Européennes, Berlin, 2015), among others.

Known for blending rigorous analysis with vivid storytelling, Larose brings to life how musical practices reflect, as well as actively shape collective identities. Rara: Music, Identity and Culture offers a concise, integrative account of this Haitian tradition as a vehicle for cultural autonomy and political critique.