Songs of the women migrants : performance and identity in South Africa / Deborah James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Deborah, Dr., author.

Series:

International African Library

International African Library : IAL

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant labor.

Women employees.

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical style of kiba. In so doing, they build an identity as autonomous breadwinners whose aspirations and values are nonetheless rooted in 'tradition'.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. HOME BOYS, HOME DANCES: MIGRANTS CREATE PAST AND PLACE

2. ‘THOSE OF MY HOME’: MIGRANT WOMEN ON THE REEF

3. ‘WE ARE VISITORS’: MEN’S AND WOMEN’S KIBA

4. WOMEN AS BROTHERS, WOMEN AS SONS: DOMESTIC PREDICAMENTS UNRAVELLED

5. ‘I DRESS IN THIS FASHION’: RURAL WOMEN SINGERS AND THE SOTHO LIFE-COURSE

6. DISLOCATIONS AND CONTINUITIES: DISRUPTED YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE

7. FAMILY GIFTS, FAMILY SPIRITS

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 1: LISTS OF DISCUSSIONS AND INTERPRETERS

APPENDIX 2: LIST OF KIBA PERFORMANCES

APPENDIX 3: SELECT DISCOGRAPHY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6957-4