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Tuning the kingdom : Kawuugulu musical performance, politics, and storytelling in Buganda / Damascus Kafumbe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kafumbe, Damascus, author.
- Series:
- Eastman/Rochester studies in ethnomusicology ; v. 8.
- Eastman/Rochester studies in ethnomusicology ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Social aspects--Uganda--Buganda.
- Music.
- Music and identity politics--Uganda--Buganda.
- Music and identity politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 151 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Examines how the Kawuugulu Clan-Royal Musical Ensemble uses musical performance and storytelling to manage, structure, model, and legitimize power relations among the Baganda people of south-central Uganda.
- Contents:
- Preface: a kingdom in and out of tune
- Introduction: Kawuugulu musical performance, politics, and storytelling
- The Kawuugulu clan-royal music and dance ensemble
- Kawuugulu and intra-clan politics
- Kawuugulu and royal politics
- Kawuugulu and inter-clan politics
- Conclusion: a performative constitution.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-78744-248-9
- OCLC:
- 1034527414
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