ISBN:
9783905758429
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 222 Seiten)
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Akuupa, Michael National culture in post-apartheid Namibia
DDC:
306.4/8420968
Schlagwort(e):
Music -- Instruction and study -- South Africa
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Music -- Instruction and study -- Sweden
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Music -- Social aspects -- South Africa
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Music -- Social aspects -- Sweden
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Music -- South Africa -- History and criticism
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Music -- Sweden -- History and criticism
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Kulturausgaben
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Finanzierung
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Festival
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Kulturelle Identität
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Traditionale Kultur
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Postkolonialismus
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Kultur
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Music ; Instruction and study ; South Africa
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Music ; Instruction and study ; Sweden
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Music ; Social aspects ; South Africa
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Music ; Social aspects ; Sweden
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Music ; South Africa ; History and criticism
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Music ; Sweden ; History and criticism
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Electronic books
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Namibia
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Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
Kurzfassung:
�National Culture in Post-Apartheid Namibia� addresses the challenges of creating a �national� culture in the context of a historical legacy that has emphasised ethnic diversity. The state-sponsored Annual National Culture Festival (ANCF) focuses on the Kavango region in north-eastern Namibia. Akuupa critically examines the notion of Kavango-ness as a colonial construct and its subsequent reconstitution and appropriation. He analyses the way in which cultural representations are produced by local people in the postcolonial African context of nation building and national reconciliation by bring
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgement; Preface; Foreword; 1. The Festive 'Moment' of Namibia; Introduction; 2. The 'Performance' of Culture; On 'Doing' and 'Performing' 'Culture' at State Sponsored Culture Festivals; Anthropology and Performance; Performance Theory in the Social Science Sphere; Theory of Performance: A Critical Analysis; Postcolonial Nationalism: One Namibia One Nation; Festival Making in Postcolonial Africa; Culture and Making the Nation; Festival with New Social Meaning and Function; 3. Home Anthropology and Politics of Ekoro
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
"Whose Child are You?1" The Dynamics and Politics of ekoro/likoro in Doing Ethnography at HomeConnectedness of Ekoro and its Workings in the Research Field; Analysis of Ekoro and its Working in the Research Field; Assumed and Imposed Fieldwork Self; 4. Kavango the 'Domicile' in Perspective; Kavango: Whose Land is It?; Kavango the Place or People?; Kavango as Told in Legends; The Royal Narrative; Early German Colonial and Missionary Encounters; Kavango the Native Reserve; Volkekunde Anthropology and Kavango; Kavango After the Implementation of the Odendaal Plan
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Kavango in Contemporary Discourse: A Historical Sanitization Project5. Sangfees, the Antecedent of the Postcolonial Annual National Culture Festival; The Making of the Colonial Festival: 'sangfees1'; The Department of Education Administration for Kavango; Division of Youth and Culture Affairs; Sangfees at Ekongoro; Ezuva for the 'Youth'; Postcolonial Annual Culture Festivals; 6. Kavango Cultural Identity in Postcolonial Namibia; Reclaiming Colonial Ethnicity in a Postcolonial Context; On the Search for 'Tradition' and 'Culture' in Namibia; Kavango Museum
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Maria Mwengere Culture Centre: 'The Culture Booklet: An Instrument of Objectification'"Culture Booklet": A Resource of Advocacy; 7. Namibian Identity Through Dance; "Making the Nation": The Role of Local People in the Festival; A Note on 'Kavango' Traditional Dances; Rehearsal Performances; At Swapo Regional Office; Festival Making: Exploring Local participation and Influences in the Discourse of Nation-Building; Mpungu Circuit and Kavango Regional Festivals; 8. Deconstructing Postcolonial Ethnic Diversity
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Annual National Culture Festival: Discourses of Difference and Belongingin Postcolonial NamibiaThe Annual National Culture Festival; The March Through Town; Inside the Stadium; 'Performances' of Culture; Analysis of the Festival Representations in Kavango; Reflections on Kavango Identity; 9. The Postcolonial Nation as Curated by the State Through Dance; Conclusion; Festivals and 'Nation Building'; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; Back cover
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