Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination
South Africa and the West
Seiten
1999
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512367-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512367-8 (ISBN)
How do Western images of Africa and African representations of the West mirror each other? In this text the author illuminates the complex issues involved in the making of modern identities in Africa, Europe and the USA, focusing on two episodes in the history of black South African music.
How do Western images of Africa and African representations of the West mirror each other? In this study, Veit Erlmann seeks to illuminate the complex issues involved in the making of modern identities in Africa, Europe, and the United States, through an examination of two striking episodes in the history of black South African music: the tours of two black South African choirs in England and America in the 1890s, and a series of engagements with the international music industry by South Africa's premier choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo after the release of Paul Simon's Graceland album in 1986.
How do Western images of Africa and African representations of the West mirror each other? In this study, Veit Erlmann seeks to illuminate the complex issues involved in the making of modern identities in Africa, Europe, and the United States, through an examination of two striking episodes in the history of black South African music: the tours of two black South African choirs in England and America in the 1890s, and a series of engagements with the international music industry by South Africa's premier choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo after the release of Paul Simon's Graceland album in 1986.
Veit Erlmann studied musicology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy in Berlin and Cologne, obtaining a Ph.D. in 1978. He has since done fieldwork in several African countries, and has taught at the University of Natal, the University of Chicago, the University of Witwatersrand, and the Free University of Berlin. He is currently Professor and Endowed Chair in the School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.7.1999 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 19 halftones, 31 line drawings |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 658 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-512367-0 / 0195123670 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-512367-8 / 9780195123678 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Grundbegriffe, Harmonik, Formen, Instrumente
Buch | Softcover (2021)
Philipp Reclam (Verlag)
CHF 12,90
Jazz als Gegenkultur im westlichen Nachkriegsdeutschland
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
edition text + kritik (Verlag)
CHF 57,90
