Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health - Ethnography of a South African Aids Choir

Informationen zum Autor Austin C. Okigbo is assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Klappentext Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health is an ethnographic work that explores the social, cultural, and political dynamics that impinge upon the HIV/AIDS discourse in South Africa and how they find expression in music. The book reveals the interconnections of the local and global culture and politics of HIV/AIDS. Zusammenfassung Music! Culture! and the Politics of Health is an ethnographic work that explores the social! cultural! and political dynamics that impinge upon the HIV/AIDS discourse in South Africa and how they find expression in music. The book reveals the interconnections of the local and global culture and politics of HIV/AIDS. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter One: Introduction: Towards Ethnography of AIDS Music in a South African ExperienceChapter Two: The Making of the Siphithemba ChoirChapter Three: Music and Epidemics in South AfricaChapter Four: "We are a family"- Musical Space as Social Space of Communal ActionChapter Five: "We Sing with One Mind and Purpose": Expressing Spirituality and Sociocultural ExperienceChapter Six: Creative Processes and Musical Stylistics Chapter Seven: Dance without Drum: Playing the Politics of Culture in the Context of an Epidemic Chapter Eight: The Siphithemba in Politics of Identity and RepresentationChapter Nine: Conclusion: Reflections on Siphithemba Choir and the Politics of AIDS and Health

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• Authors: Austin C Okigbo, Austin C. Okigbo, Okigbo Austin C.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9781498510103
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1010-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Choral, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Social & cultural anthropology, Choral Music