02579nam 2200517 450 991079416880332120230906202359.01-4744-6957-410.1515/9781474469579(CKB)4100000010677232(DE-B1597)616856(DE-B1597)9781474469579(MiAaPQ)EBC6994758(Au-PeEL)EBL6994758(EXLCZ)99410000001067723220220928d1999 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSongs of the women migrants performance and identity in South Africa /Deborah JamesEdinburgh, Scotland :Edinburgh University Press,[1999]©19991 online resource (248 p.)International African Library : IAL0-7486-1304-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --INDEXThis 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'.International African LibraryMigrant laborWomen employeesMusicSocial aspectsMigrant labor.Women employees.MusicSocial aspects.304.80820968James DeborahDr.,662507MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794168803321Songs of the women migrants1296010UNINA