Music and social change in South Africa : maskanda past and present /

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Author / Creator:Olsen, Kathryn, 1957- author.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12406772
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ISBN:1322221103
143991138X
9781322221106
9781439911389
1439911363
9781439911365
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Music and Social Change in South Africa looks at contemporary maskanda-a folk musical genre distinguished by fast guitar picking and blues-style vocal intonation-against the backdrop of South Africa''s history. A performance practice that emerged in the early decades of the twentieth century among Zulu migrant workers, maskanda is strongly associated with young Zulu men''s experiences of repression and dislocation during imperial and, more particularly, apartheid rule. Working closely with translated song lyrics and musical notation-and applying musical and socio-political analysis to this mus.
Other form:Print version: Olsen, Kathryn, 1957- Music and social change in South Africa 9781439911365