The Politics of Everyday Life in Gikuyu Popular Musice 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maina Wa Mũtonya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kikuyu (African people) > Social life and customs.
Popular music > Political aspects > Kenya.
Popular music > Kenya > 1991-2000.
Kikuyu (African people) > Music > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dedication
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Politics of Everyday Life in Select Gĩkũyũ Popular Music (1990-2000)
  • Praise and Protest: Music and Contesting Patriotisms in Postcolonial Kenya
  • Joseph Kamaro's Music: Cutting with Words, not Swords
  • 'Touch What You Don't Have': Mogithi, One-Man Guitar and Urban Identities
  • Mogithi Performance: Popular Music, Stereotypes and Ethnic Identity
  • Music and Society: The Consummate Marriage
  • Post script : Jane Nyambura (Queen Jane) 1965-2010
  • Bibliography.

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