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The politics of everyday life in gǐkűyű popular music of Kenya (1990-2000) /
While probing the politics of everyday in Gikuyu popular music, the main thrust of this book is to unpack the representation of daily struggles through music. Depending mainly on the lyrics of the songs, the study also combines both the textual and the contextual analysis of the music. Music here is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Nairobi, Kenya :
Twaweza Communications,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER ONE
- Introduction
- Gikuyu music in Kenya: A Historical Background
- The Gikuyu community and their music
- Popular music in Kenya
- Music as text
- Popular music as an aspect of popular culture
- Notes
- CHAPTER TWO
- The Politics of Everyday Life in Select Gikuyu Popular Music (1990-2000)
- Notes
- CHAPTER THREE
- Praise and Protest: Music and Contesting Patriotisms in Postcolonial Kenya
- Conclusion
- Notes
- CHAPTER FOUR
- Joseph Kamaru's Music: Cutting with Words, not Swords
- Kamaru the musician
- Kamaru's music during Kenyatta's years
- The Moi era
- The re-introduction of multi-party
- Kamaru, the convert
- Kamaru's audience
- Conclusion
- Notes
- CHAPTER FIVE
- 'Touch What You Don't Have': Mugithi, One-Man Guitar and Urban Identities
- Conclusion
- Notes
- CHAPTER SIX
- Mugithi Performance: Popular Music, Stereotypes and Ethnic Identity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- CONCLUSION
- Music and Society: The Consummate Marriage
- POSTSCRIPT
- Jane Nyambura (Queen Jane) 1965- 2010
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Back cover.