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UNINA9910455618603321 |
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Autore |
Turino Thomas |
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Titolo |
Nationalists, cosmopolitans, and popular music in Zimbabwe [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Turino |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-226-81696-6 |
9786612538872 |
1-282-53887-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (421 p.) |
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Collana |
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Chicago studies in ethnomusicology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Popular music - Zimbabwe - History and criticism |
Music - Social aspects - Zimbabwe |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-389), discography (p. 391-392), and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Port One. Critical Foundations -- Part Two. Colonialism and the Rise of Urban Popular Music -- Part Three. Musical Nationalism -- Port Four. Guitar Bands and Cosmopolitan Youth Culture -- Port Five. Globalization Begins at Home -- References and Bibliography -- Discography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hailed as a national hero and musical revolutionary, Thomas Mapfumo, along with other Zimbabwean artists, burst onto the music scene in the 1980's with a unique style that combined electric guitar with indigenous Shona music and instruments. The development of this music from its roots in the early Rhodesian era to the present and the ways this and other styles articulated with Zimbabwean nationalism is the focus of Thomas Turino's new study. Turino examines the emergence of cosmopolitan culture among the black middle class and how this gave rise to a variety of urban-popular styles modeled on influences ranging from the Mills Brothers to Elvis. He also shows how cosmopolitanism gave rise to the nationalist movement itself, explaining the combination of "foreign" and indigenous elements that so often define nationalist art and cultural projects. The first book- |
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