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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798793003321

Autore

Okigbo Austin C.

Titolo

Music, culture, and the politics of health : ethnography of a South African AIDS choir / / Austin C. Okigbo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

ISBN

1-4985-1011-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

306.48420968

Soggetti

Music - Social aspects - South Africa

AIDS (Disease) - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 237

Sommario/riassunto

Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health is an ethnographic work that explores the social, cultural, and political dynamics that impinge upon the HIV/AIDS discourse in South Africa and how they find expression in music. The book reveals the interconnections of the local and global culture and politics of HIV/AIDS.