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UNINA9910794168803321 |
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James Deborah, Dr. |
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Songs of the women migrants : performance and identity in South Africa / / Deborah James |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [1999] |
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©1999 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Collana |
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International African Library : IAL |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Migrant labor |
Women employees |
Music - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. HOME BOYS, HOME DANCES: MIGRANTS CREATE PAST AND PLACE -- 2. ‘THOSE OF MY HOME’: MIGRANT WOMEN ON THE REEF -- 3. ‘WE ARE VISITORS’: MEN’S AND WOMEN’S KIBA -- 4. WOMEN AS BROTHERS, WOMEN AS SONS: DOMESTIC PREDICAMENTS UNRAVELLED -- 5. ‘I DRESS IN THIS FASHION’: RURAL WOMEN SINGERS AND THE SOTHO LIFE-COURSE -- 6. DISLOCATIONS AND CONTINUITIES: DISRUPTED YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE -- 7. FAMILY GIFTS, FAMILY SPIRITS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1: LISTS OF DISCUSSIONS AND INTERPRETERS -- APPENDIX 2: LIST OF KIBA PERFORMANCES -- APPENDIX 3: SELECT DISCOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book gives an account of how migrant women, whose lives and experiences have heretofore been neglected in the pages of academic scholarship, dance and sing the vibrant and expressive musical style of kiba. In so doing, they build an identity as autonomous breadwinners whose aspirations and values are nonetheless rooted in 'tradition'. |
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