The Land Is Sung : Zulu Performances and the Politics of Place /

"Ethnography on the politics of land and belonging in post apartheid Zulu performances. What does it mean to belong? In The Land is Sung, musicologist Thomas Pooley shows how performances of song, dance, and praise poetry connect Zulu communities to their ancestral homes and genealogies. For th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pooley, Thomas M., 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown : Wesleyan University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zulu (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Zulu (African people)
Music > Political aspects.
Land tenure.
Dance > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies.
MUSIC / Ethnomusicology.
Land tenure > South Africa.
Laudatory poetry > Political aspects > South Africa.
Dance > Political aspects > South Africa.
Music > Political aspects > South Africa.
Zulu (African people) > South Africa.
Zulu (African people) > Music > Political aspects.
South Africa.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Sounding a Way
  • The Politics of Belonging: Land, Culture, and Representation in KwaZulu-Natal
  • umSindo! The Politics of Sonic Space at a Zulu Wedding
  • Songs of Sacrifice: uMemulo and the Politics of Gender and Generation
  • Phenomenology of iNgoma: isiShameni Dance and the Politics of Proximity
  • uMaskandi iziBongo: The Politics and Poetics of Popular Praises
  • Inscribing Tradition: Poverty, Inequality, and the Politics of Performance in Schools
  • Sounds of Tongaland: Environmental Justice at Ndumo Game Reserve
  • Unsung Melodies: Reciprocity in Sound
  • Conclusion.

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