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Music, modernity, and the global imagination : South Africa and the West /

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How do Western images of Africa and African representations of the West mirror each other? This study focuses on the tours of two black South African choirs in England and America in the 1890s, and the popularity of Ladysmith Black Mambazo since 1986.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erlmann, Veit (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
South African Choir.
Zulu Choir.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Musical group)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Groupe musical)
South African Choir
Zulu Choir
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Music > South Africa > Western influences.
Music > African influences.
Intercultural communication.
Ethnicity.
Music > South Africa.
Choral singing > South Africa.
Musique > Afrique du Sud > Influence occidentale.
Musique > Influence africaine.
Communication interculturelle.
Ethnicité.
Musique > Afrique du Sud.
Chant choral > Afrique du Sud.
ethnicity.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Choral singing
Ethnicity
Intercultural communication
Music > African influences
Music
Music > Western influences
South Africa
Kulturkontakt
Musik
Westliche Welt
Interculturele communicatie.
Beïnvloeding.
Muziek.
Südafrika (Staat)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:How do Western images of Africa and African representations of the West mirror each other? This study focuses on the tours of two black South African choirs in England and America in the 1890s, and the popularity of Ladysmith Black Mambazo since 1986.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195352498
0195352491