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



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Autore: Skinner Ryan Thomas Visualizza persona
Titolo: Bamako Sounds [[electronic resource] ] : The Afropolitan Ethics of Malian Music Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 780.96623
Soggetto topico: 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
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
Titolo autorizzato: Bamako Sounds  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788279503321
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Serie: A Quadrant Book