Janet Topp Fargion

Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century (eBook, ePUB)

A Story of 'Old is Gold' and Flying Spirits

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. In this study Janet Topp Fargion traces the development of the genre in Zanzibar, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Of special interest is the role of women - as audiences and primary consumers. The book weaves together the historical, social, economic, religious and political dynamics involved in the development of the genre, and investigates how these are played out in the performance of taarab music on Zanzibar.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317047070
• Artikelnr.: 44873300

Autorenporträt

Janet Topp Fargion is an ethnomusicologist with research interests in South Africa and the Swahili Coast. She graduated with a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1992. She joined the British Library in 1994 as Lead Curator of World and Traditional Music.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part I Introductions: Approaches and people
Meanings and boundaries. Part II Entangled Histories and Parallel Strands: Orchestral taarab: old is gold
Kidumbak
Women's taarab. Part III Flying Spirits: What Women Really Really Want: Women as drivers of change. Part IV Conclusions: The professionalisation of the taarab music complex
Women at the centre of a music complex
Bibliography
Index.