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Performance and politics in Tanzania : the nation on stage /

An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edmondson, Laura, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2007.
Colección:African expressive cultures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; acknowledgments; Introduction: Acts of Complicity: Meanings, Methods, and Maps; Part 1. Imagining the Nation; ONE Performing, Transforming, and Reforming Tanzania:A Historical Tale; TWO Alternative Nations:Locating Tradition, Morality, and Power; Part 2. Sexing the Nation; THREE National Erotica:The Politics of Ngoma; FOUR Popular Drama and the Mapping of Home; Part 3. Contesting the Nation; FIVE Culture Wars:TOT versus Muungano; SIX A Victor Declared:Popular Performance in the New Millennium; glossary of swahili terms; notes; list of references; index.