Austin C. Okigbo

Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health

Ethnography of a South African AIDS Choir

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Produktbeschreibung

Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health is an ethnographic work that explores the social, cultural, and political dynamics that impinge upon the HIV/AIDS discourse in South Africa and how they find expression in music. The book reveals the interconnections of the local and global culture and politics of HIV/AIDS.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 545g
• ISBN-13: 9781498510103
• ISBN-10: 1498510108
• Artikelnr.: 45006575

Autorenporträt

Austin C. Okigbo is assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Introduction: Towards Ethnography of AIDS Music in a South
African Experience Chapter Two: The Making of the Siphithemba Choir Chapter
Three: Music and Epidemics in South Africa Chapter Four: "We are a family"-
Musical Space as Social Space of Communal Action Chapter Five: "We Sing
with One Mind and Purpose": Expressing Spirituality and Sociocultural
Experience Chapter Six: Creative Processes and Musical Stylistics Chapter
Seven: Dance without Drum: Playing the Politics of Culture in the Context
of an Epidemic Chapter Eight: The Siphithemba in Politics of Identity and
Representation Chapter Nine: Conclusion: Reflections on Siphithemba Choir
and the Politics of AIDS and Health