Highlife Saturday night [[electronic resource] ] : popular music and social change in urban Ghana / / Nate Plageman |
Autore | Plageman Nate <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/8409667 |
Collana |
African expressive cultures
Ethnomusicology multimedia |
Soggetto topico |
Dance music - Social aspects - Ghana
Highlife (Music) - Ghana - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-86995-0
0-253-00733-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights -- Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 -- The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940 -- The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960 -- "The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965 -- "We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452720103321 |
Plageman Nate <1978->
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 | ||
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Highlife Saturday night [[electronic resource] ] : popular music and social change in urban Ghana / / Nate Plageman |
Autore | Plageman Nate <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/8409667 |
Collana |
African expressive cultures
Ethnomusicology multimedia |
Soggetto topico |
Dance music - Social aspects - Ghana
Highlife (Music) - Ghana - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-283-86995-0
0-253-00733-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights -- Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 -- The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940 -- The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960 -- "The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965 -- "We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779366503321 |
Plageman Nate <1978->
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Highlife Saturday night : popular music and social change in urban Ghana / / Nate Plageman |
Autore | Plageman Nate <1978-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/8409667 |
Collana |
African expressive cultures
Ethnomusicology multimedia |
Soggetto topico |
Dance music - Social aspects - Ghana
Highlife (Music) - Ghana - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-283-86995-0
0-253-00733-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights -- Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 -- The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940 -- The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960 -- "The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965 -- "We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813319203321 |
Plageman Nate <1978->
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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