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African Stars: Studies in Black South African Performance by Erlmann: Used
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- Publication Date
- 1991-09-24
- Pages
- 238
- ISBN
- 9780226217246
- Book Title
- African Stars : Studies in Black South African Performance
- Book Series
- Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Music
- Topic
- Ethnomusicology, Ethnic
- Item Weight
- 12.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 238 Pages
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In recent years black South African music and dance have become ever more popular in the West, where they are now widely celebrated as expressions of opposition to discrimination and repression. Less well known is the rich history of these arts, which were shaped by several generations of black artists and performers whose struggles, visions, and aspirations did not differ fundamentally from those of their present-day counterparts. In five detailed case studies Veit Erlmann digs deep to expose the roots of the most important of these performance traditions. He relates the early history of isicathamiya , the a cappella vocal style made famous by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. In two chapters on Durban between the World Wars he charts the evolution of Zulu music and dance, studying in depth the transformation of ingoma , a dance form popular among migrant workers since the 1930s. He goes on to record the colorful life and influential work of Reuben T. Caluza, South Africa's first black ragtime composer. And Erlmann's reconstruction of the 1890s concert tours of an Afro-American vocal group, Orpheus M. McAdoo and the Virginia Jubilee Singers, documents the earliest link between the African and American performance traditions. Numerous eyewitness reports, musicians' personal testimonies, and song texts enrich Erlmann's narratives and demonstrate that black performance evolved in response to the growing economic and racial segmentation of South African society. Early ragtime, ingoma , and isicathamiya enabled the black urban population to comment on their precarious social position and to symbolically construct a secure space within a rapidly changing political world. Today, South African workers, artists, and youth continue to build upon this performance tradition in their struggle for freedom and democracy. The early performers portrayed by Erlmann were guiding lights--African stars--by which the present and future course of South Africa is being determined.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226217248
ISBN-13
9780226217246
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89696
Product Key Features
Book Title
African Stars : Studies in Black South African Performance
Number of Pages
238 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Topic
Ethnomusicology, Ethnic
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music
Book Series
Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
20
Lccn
91-013927
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
780/.89/968
Lc Classification Number
Ml350.E77 1991
Table of Content
List of Illustrations List of Musical Examples A Note on Orthography and Translations Preface 1. Introduction 2. "A Feeling of Prejudice": Orpheus M. McAdoo and the Virginia Jubilee Singers in South Africa, 1890-1898 3. Cultural Osmosis, Ethnicity, and Tradition in Black Popular Music in Durban, 1913-1939 4. "Horses in the Race Course": The Domestication of Ingoma Dance, 1929-1939 5. "An African Star": Reuben T. Caluza and Early Popular Music in South Africa 6. "Singing Brings Joy to the Distressed": The Early Social History of Zulu Migrant Workers' Choral Music 7. Conclusion: South African Black Music and the Wider African Field Notes References Index
Copyright Date
1991
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