Cultural texts of resistance in Zimbabwe : music, memes and media / Rodwell Makombe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makombe, Rodwell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

Summary:

This book uses critical textual analysis and postcolonial theory to analyse cultural texts of resistance in contemporary Zimbabwe.

Contents:

Cultural Texts of Resistance in Zimbabwe

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 Resistance and the Zimbabwean Crisis: Music, Cartoons, Memes and Media

2 Memetic Resistance from within and without: Political Dimensions of the Zvinhu Zviri Kufaya (Things Are Going Well) Memes in Zimbabwe

3 Saying It without Saying It: Tony Namate's Subversive Cartoons of the Zimbabwean Crisis

4 Cultural Idioms of Resistance in Thomas Mapfumo's and Oliver Mtukudzi's Songs of the Post-2000 Period

5 New Musical Voices of Resistance in Post-2000 Zimbabwe: Hosiah Chipanga and Winky D

6 Narratives and Counter-Narratives of the 'New Zimbabwe': Facebooking Dissent in Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe

7 Final Remarks: Cultures of Resistance in Post-2000 Zimbabwe

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5381-5092-1

OCLC:

1251739321