Songs of the Women Migrants : Performance and Identity in South Africa /

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This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical style of kiba. In so doing, they build an identity as autonomous breadwinners whose aspirations and valu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: James, Deborah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:International African Library : IAL
Temas:
Black people > South Africa > Music > History and criticism.
Migrant labor > South Africa.
Music > Social aspects > South Africa.
Music > South Africa > History and criticism.
Women employees > South Africa.
Women singers > South Africa.
Working class > South Africa > Songs and music > History and criticism.
African Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical style of kiba. In so doing, they build an identity as autonomous breadwinners whose aspirations and values are nonetheless rooted in 'tradition'.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 p.)
ISBN:9781474469579
9783110780475
Acceso:restricted access

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