ISBN:
9780821443040
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0821443046
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxv, 290 pages)
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illustrations.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Series Statement:
New African histories series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Moorman, Marissa Jean Intonations
DDC:
306.48423096732
Keywords:
Music Social aspects
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Angola
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Luanda (Luanda)
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Music Political aspects
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Angola
;
Nationalism in music
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Music Political aspects
;
Music Social aspects
;
Music Political aspects
;
Angola
;
Music Social aspects
;
Angola
;
Luanda (Luanda)
;
Nationalism in music
;
Music ; Social aspects
;
Musik
;
Musikleben
;
Angola
;
popular music
;
musicians
;
nationalism
;
social history
;
1950-1999
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Music and war
;
Music ; Political aspects
;
History
;
Angola History
;
Music and the revolution
;
Revolution, 1961-1975
;
Angola History
;
Music and the war
;
Civil War, 1975-2002
;
Luanda
;
Angola
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Angola
;
Angola History Civil War, 1975-2002
;
Music and the war
;
Angola History Revolution, 1961-1975
;
Music and the revolution
;
Angola History
;
Music and the revolution
;
Revolution, 1961-1975
;
Angola History
;
Music and the war
;
Civil War, 1975-2002
;
Luanda
;
Angola
;
Bürgerkrieg
;
Angola
;
Angola
;
Angola ; Bürgerkrieg
;
Angola ; Luanda (City)
;
Angola
;
Luanda
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intonations tells the story of how Angola's urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped to gain from independence. A compilation of Angolan music is included in CD format. Marissa J. Moorman presents a social and cultural history of the relationship between Angolan culture and politics. She argues that it was in and through popular urban music, produced mainly in the musseques (urban shantytowns) of the capital city, Luanda, that Angolans for
Abstract:
Musseques and urban culture -- In the days of bota fogo: culture and the early nationalist struggle, 1947-61 -- Dueling bands and good girls: gender and music in Luanda's musseques,1961-75 -- Ngongo jami (my suffering): lyrics, daily life, and social space, 1956-74 -- Radios, turntables, and vinyl: technology and the imagined community, 1961-75 -- The hiatus: music, dissent, and nation building after independence, 1975-90s.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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