Sounding the Cape Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa Denis-Constant Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Denis, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--South Africa--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Music and state--South Africa.

Music and state.

Music--Political aspects--South Africa.

Music.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town have therefore been assigned an ìidentityî which is first and foremost social. This volume tries to question the relationship established between musical styles and genres, and social ñ in this case pseudo-racial ñ identities. In Sounding the Cape, Denis-Constant Martin recomposes and examines through the theoretical prism of creolisation the history of music in Cape T

Contents:

Part one: The emergence of Creolised identities: Chapter one: Music and identity: a theoretical prologue

Chapter two: Cape Town's musics: a legacy of Creolisation

Part two: The dialectics of separation and interweaving: Chapter three: Separation and interweaving in the 20th century: futile separations; Vincent Kolbe's childhood memories

Chapter four: Separation and interweaving in the 20th century: fertile intertwining; Chris McGregor talks about the blue notes, jazz and South African society; "Soweto Sun", an interview with Rashid Vally by Denis-Constant Martin

Chapter five: Two decades of freedom

Chapter six: The musicians' discourse: Cape Town as a musical Potjiekos

Conclusion: Recognising Creolisation?

References

Illustrations

Musicians interviewed in 2007 and 2009

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-410) and index.

CC BY

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781920677169

192067716X

OCLC:

854520710