Bamako Sounds [[electronic resource] ] : The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821601003321
• Autore: Skinner Ryan Thomas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2015
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Collana: A Quadrant Book
• Disciplina: 780.96623
• Soggetti: Bamako (Mali) -- Social conditions; Ethnomusicology -- Mali -- Bamako; Group identity in the performing arts -- Mali -- Bamako; Mandingo (African people) -- Mali -- Bamako -- Ethnic identity; Musicians -- Mali -- Bamako -- Social conditions; Music - Moral and ethical aspects - Mali - Bamako; Music - Moral and ethical aspects - Mali; Musicians - Social conditions - Mali - Bamako; Ethnomusicology - Ethnic identity - Bamako - Mali; Group identity - Bamako - Mali; Group identity in the performing arts - Mali - Bamako; Mandingo (African people) - Mali - Bamako; City and town life - Mali - Bamako
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction: A Sense of Urban Africa; 1. Representing Bamako; 2. Artistiya; 3. Ethics and Aesthetics; 4. A Pious Poetics of Place; 5. Money Trouble; 6. Afropolitan Patriotism; Conclusion: An Africanist's Query; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Bamako Sounds tells the story of an African city, its people, their values, and their music. Centered on the music and musicians of Bamako, Mali's booming capital city, this book reveals a community of artists whose lives and works evince a complex world shaped by urban culture, postcolonialism, musical expression, religious identity, and intellectual property.Drawing on years of ethnographic research with ; classically trained players of the kora (a twenty-one-string West African harp) as well as more contemporary, hip-hop influenced musicians and producers, Ryan Thomas Skinner analyzes how Bam