Victors, victims and villains : women in musical arts in Zimbabwe : past and present / edited by Bridget Chinouriri, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Muyaradzi Nyakudya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chinouriri, Bridget, editor.

Kufakurinani, Ushehwedu, editor.

Nyakudya, Munyaradzi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women musicians--Zimbabwe.

Women musicians.

Women in music.

Sex role in music.

Women and the arts--Zimbabwe.

Women and the arts.

Music--Social aspects--Zimbabwe.

Music.

Music--Social aspects.

Zimbabwe.

Physical Description:

xii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Victors, victims & villains : women & musical arts in Zimbabwe : past & present

Place of Publication:

Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe : University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction: women and musical arts in Zimbabwe: past and present / Munyaradzi Nyakudya, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani and Bridget Chinouriri

Women and musical arts in Zimbabwe: a historical trajectory / Munyaradzi Nyakudya, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Bridget Chinouriri and Passmore Chishaka

Women, music and society in Zimbabwe: perceptions and constructions / Perminus Matiure

Depiction and representation of images of women in selected songs by Paul Matavire / Excellent Chireshe

Gender and dance performance in Chidzero's Nzvengamutsvairo and Mutsvair's Chaminuka, Prophet of Zimbabwe / Jairos Gonye

"Wakachipa Kunge Bhero": gender and the portrayal of women in selected Zimdancehall songs / Ushehwedu Kufakurinani, Munyaradzi Nyakudya and Bridget Chinouriri

Beyond the cultural and nationalist imaginary: Zimdancehall and the subversion of female objectification / Tanaka Chidora

Pole dancing and agency, from victims to victors: the case of Beverly Sibanda and The Sexy Angels / Kelvin Chikonzo and Portia Chifamba

A sociological critique of the artistic bazaar created by Sandra Ndebele and Beverly Sibanda in the post-2000 era / Reggemore Marongedze and Enock Machanja

Female artists from Matabeleland performing at and against the interstice: a socio-ethnomusicological analysis / Gibson Ncube and Gugulethu Siziba

Victimhood and 'politics of space': representations of women in Zimbabwean protest theatre / Doricah Mhako-Mutonhodza

Call the riot police, the girls are dancing: law, censorship and female dance(r)s in Zimbabwe / Pedzisai Maedza

Voices of dissent: the music of Chiwoniso Mairaire, 'The Rebel Woman' / Innocent Tinashe Mutero

Femal Mbira practitioners challenging the male-dominated field of Mbira music in Zimbabwe / Gibson Ncube and Margret Chipara.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780797484207

0797484205

OCLC:

1037890743