Rumba rules : the politics of dance music in Mobutu's Zaire / / Bob W. White
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| Autore: |
White Bob W. <1965->
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| Titolo: |
Rumba rules : the politics of dance music in Mobutu's Zaire / / Bob W. White
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| Pubblicazione: | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.4/8423096751 |
| Soggetto topico: | Popular music - Political aspects - 20th century - Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Popular music - Social aspects - Congo (Democratic Republic) | |
| Music and state - History - Congo (Democratic Republic) | |
| Music | |
| Music, Dance, Drama & Film | |
| Music Philosophy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index. |
| Includes discography (p. 287-288). | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Note to the Reader; 1. Popular Culture's Politics; 2. The Zairian Sound; 3. Made in Zaire; 4. Live Time; 5. Musicians and Mobility; 6. Live Texts; 7. The Political Life of Dance Bands; 8. In the Skin of a Chief; Notes; Bibliography; Discography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Examines the relationship between popular music and politics in Zaire during the presidency of Mobutu Sese Seko through the author's participation as musician and ethnographer in a successful Kinshasa band of the mid-1990s. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rumba rules |
| ISBN: | 0-8223-8926-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777994503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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