Lyrical nationalism in post-apartheid Namibia : kings, Christians, and cosmopolitans in Catholic youth songs / Wendi A. Haugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haugh, Wendi A., 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic youth--Namibia--Music--History and criticism.

Catholic youth.

Contemporary Christian music--Namibia--History and criticism.

Contemporary Christian music.

Music--Social aspects--Namibia.

Music.

Nationalism in music.

Nationalism--Namibia.

Nationalism.

Music--Social aspects.

Namibia.

Physical Description:

xvi, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.

Summary:

When Namibia gained its independence from South Africa in 1990, the new government began dismantling the divisive apartheid state and building a unified nation-state. What does this new nation look like from the perspective of ordinary citizens? in Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia, Wendi A. Haugh Provides an ethnographic portrayal of the nation as imagined by people living in the former ethnic homeland of Ovamboland, with a particular focus on the lyrics of songs composed and performed by Catholic youth. Haugh argues that these youth draw on conflicting ideologies-hierarchical and egalitarian, traditional and modern, nationalist and cosmopolitan-to construct a multifaceted sense of national identity. She reveals how their vision of the nation, framed as neutrally national, is deeply rooted in ethnically specific histories and cultures. Book jacket.

Contents:

A history of nationalism in Namibia

Catholic youth songs in ethnographic perspective

Shared possessions, shared interests: the nation as individual(s)

Kings and their countries: the nation as hierarchical whole

Beyond pagans: building and maintaining a modern Christian nation

Connecting across difference: cosmopolitan nation.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780739188453

0739188453

9780739196960

0739196960

OCLC:

876900850