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Performing the nation : Swahili music and cultural politics in Tanzania / Kelly M. Askew.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3760 .A84 2002
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Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 00458 1 disc
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Askew, Kelly Michelle.
- Series:
- Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swahili-speaking peoples--Tanzania--Music--History and criticism.
- Swahili-speaking peoples.
- Music.
- Taarab (Music).
- Cultural policy.
- Tanzania--Cultural policy.
- Tanzania.
- Taarab (Music)--Tanzania--History and criticism.
- Songs, Swahili--Tanzania.
- Songs, Swahili.
- Music--Tanzania.
- Ethnic music recordings--Tanzania.
- Ethnic music recordings, Swahili--Tanzania.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings--Tanzania.
- Ethnic music recordings, Swahili--Tanzania.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- Songs on the compact disc performed principally in Swahili; the 9th track in Digo.
- Summary:
- List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of Common Abbreviations1. Arts of Governance2. Tanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania3. Of Ginger Ale and Orange Soda4. Weighty Measures, Significant Glances: Taarab Performance and the Constitution of Social Relations5. Cultural Revolution in Tanzania?6. Competing Agendas: The Production of Tanzanian National Culture7. Of Mwanyas and Multipartyism: Taarab Performance and the Tanzanian State8. Conclusion: Cultural Policy by and for the PeopleAppendix A: Song Texts and TranslationsAppendix B: Poem from Tanga Technical SchoolAppendix C: Notes on the Accompanying CDNotesGlossary of Swahili TermsReferencesDiscographySong IndexGeneral Index
- Contents:
- Arts of governance
- Tanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania
- Of ginger ale and orange soda
- Weighty gestures, significant glances : taarab performance and the constitution of social relations
- Cultural revolution in Tanzania?
- Competing agendas : the production of Tanzanian national culture
- Of mwanyas and multipartyism : taarab performance and the Tanzanian state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-375), discography (pages 377-402), and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0226029808
- 0226029816
- OCLC:
- 48655942
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