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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455618603321

Autore

Turino Thomas

Titolo

Nationalists, cosmopolitans, and popular music in Zimbabwe [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Turino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000

ISBN

0-226-81696-6

9786612538872

1-282-53887-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology

Disciplina

781.63/096891

Soggetti

Popular music - Zimbabwe - History and criticism

Music - Social aspects - Zimbabwe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-389), discography (p. 391-392), and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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-



length look at the role of music in African nationalism, Turino's work delves deeper than most books about popular music and challenges the reader to think about the lives and struggles of the people behind the surface appeal of world music.