Music and Social Change in South Africa : Maskanda Past and Present /

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Music and Social Change in South Africa looks at contemporary maskanda-a folk musical genre distinguished by fast guitar picking and blues-style vocal intonation-against the backdrop of South Africa''s history. A performance practice that emerged in the early decades of the twentieth centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olsen, Kathryn, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politischer Wandel
Sozialer Wandel
Zulu
Volksmusik
Musikethnologie
Maskanda
Zulu (African people) > Music.
Folk songs, Zulu.
Folk music.
MUSIC > General.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > International.
HISTORY > Africa > South > Republic of South Africa.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
Musique folklorique > Afrique du Sud > Histoire et critique.
Chansons folkloriques zouloues > Afrique du Sud > Histoire et critique.
Folk music > South Africa > History and criticism.
Zulu (African people) > Music > History and criticism.
Folk songs, Zulu > South Africa > History and criticism.
South Africa.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Maskanda Researched: The Parallax View
  • 2. Maskanda's Early Years
  • 3. Maskanda as Commodified Tradition
  • 4. Men Making Maskanda in Post-apartheid South Africa
  • 5. Women Playing Maskanda
  • 6. Experiencing Transformation.

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