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Performance and Politics in Tanzania - The Nation on Stage

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Laura Edmondson Klappentext She discusses how the blurring of state agendas and local desires presents a charged environment for the exploration of Tanzanian political and social realities: What is the meaning of democracy and who gets to define it? Who is in power, and how is power exposed or concealed? What is the role of tradition in a postsocialist state? How will the future of the nation be negotiated? This engaging book provides important insight into the complexity of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Zusammenfassung An insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Acts of Complicity: Meanings, Methods, and Maps Part 1. Imagining the Nation 1. Performing, Transforming, and Reforming Tanzania: A Historical Tale 2. Alternative Nations: Locating Tradition, Morality, and Power Part 2. Sexing the Nation 3. National Erotica: The Politics of Ngoma 4. Popular Drama and the Mapping of Home Part 3. Contesting the Nation 5. Culture Wars: TOT versus Muungano 6. A Victor Declared: Popular Performance in the New Millennium Glossary of Swahili Terms Notes List of References Index

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