Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia - Kings, Christians, and Cosmopolitans in Catholic Youth Songs

Informationen zum Autor Wendi A. Haugh is assistant professor of anthropology and African studies at St. Lawrence University. Klappentext This book explores how young people living in a former ethnic homeland in post-apartheid Namibia imagine the nation through songs they compose and perform. The author argues that these Oshiwambo-speaking youth draw on conflicting ideologies—hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan—to construct a complex sense of national identity. Zusammenfassung This book explores how young people living in a former ethnic homeland in post-apartheid Namibia imagine the nation through songs they compose and perform. The author argues that these Oshiwambo-speaking youth draw on conflicting ideologies—hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan—to construct a complex sense of national identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A History of Nationalism in Namibia Chapter 3: Catholic Youth Songs in Ethnographic Perspective Chapter 4: Shared Possessions, Shared Interests: The Nation as Individual(s) Chapter 5: Kings and Their Countries: The Nation as Hierarchical Whole Chapter 6: Beyond Pagans: Building and Maintaining a Modern Christian Nation Chapter 7: Connecting Across Difference: Cosmopolitan Nation Chapter 8: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Wendi A. Haugh
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2014
• EAN: 9780739188453
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8845-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Namibia, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Theory of music & musicology, Social and cultural anthropology, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Theory of music and musicology, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements