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Sonic spaces of the Karoo : the sacred music of a South African coloured community /
Sonic Spaces of the Karoo is a pioneering study of the sacred music of three coloured (the apartheid designation for people ""not white or native"") people's church congregations in the rural town of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Jorritsma's fieldwork involves an investi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | African soundscapes.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sonic Spaces of the Karoo is a pioneering study of the sacred music of three coloured (the apartheid designation for people ""not white or native"") people's church congregations in the rural town of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Jorritsma's fieldwork involves an investigation of the choruses, choir music, and hymns of the Karoo region to present a history of the people's traditional, religious, and cultural identity in song. This music is examined as part of a living archive preserved by the community in the face of a legacy of slavery and colonial as well as apartheid oppressio |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 201 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439902394 1439902399 9786613368744 6613368741 |