Kwaito's promise: music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa
In mid-1990s South Africa, apartheid ended, Nelson Mandela was elected president, and the country s urban black youth developed "kwaito" a form of electronic music (redolent of North American house) that came to represent the post-struggle generation. In this book, Gavin Steingo examines k...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In mid-1990s South Africa, apartheid ended, Nelson Mandela was elected president, and the country s urban black youth developed "kwaito" a form of electronic music (redolent of North American house) that came to represent the post-struggle generation. In this book, Gavin Steingo examines kwaito as it has developed alongside the democratization of South Africa over the past two decades. Tracking the fall of South African hope into the disenchantment that often characterizes the outlook of its youth today who face high unemployment, extreme inequality, and widespread crime Steingo looks to kwaito as a powerful tool that paradoxically engages South Africa s crucial social and political problems by, in fact, seeming to ignore them. Politicians and cultural critics have long criticized kwaito for failing to provide any meaningful contribution to a society that desperately needs direction. As Steingo shows, however, these criticisms are built on problematic assumptions about the political function of music. Interacting with kwaito artists and fans, he shows that youth aren t escaping their social condition through kwaito but rather using it to expand their sensory realities and generate new possibilities. Resisting the truism that music is always political, Steingo elucidates a music that thrives on its its radically ambiguous relationship with politics, power, and the state. - Gavin Steingo is assistant professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh. |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 307 Seiten) Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele, Karte |
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| spelling | Steingo, Gavin ca. 20. Jh. Verfasser (DE-588)1029358966 aut Kwaito's promise music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa Gavin Steingo Music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press [2016] © 2016 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 307 Seiten) Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele, Karte txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Chicago studies in ethnomusicology In mid-1990s South Africa, apartheid ended, Nelson Mandela was elected president, and the country s urban black youth developed "kwaito" a form of electronic music (redolent of North American house) that came to represent the post-struggle generation. In this book, Gavin Steingo examines kwaito as it has developed alongside the democratization of South Africa over the past two decades. Tracking the fall of South African hope into the disenchantment that often characterizes the outlook of its youth today who face high unemployment, extreme inequality, and widespread crime Steingo looks to kwaito as a powerful tool that paradoxically engages South Africa s crucial social and political problems by, in fact, seeming to ignore them. Politicians and cultural critics have long criticized kwaito for failing to provide any meaningful contribution to a society that desperately needs direction. As Steingo shows, however, these criticisms are built on problematic assumptions about the political function of music. Interacting with kwaito artists and fans, he shows that youth aren t escaping their social condition through kwaito but rather using it to expand their sensory realities and generate new possibilities. Resisting the truism that music is always political, Steingo elucidates a music that thrives on its its radically ambiguous relationship with politics, power, and the state. - Gavin Steingo is assistant professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh. Geschichte 1994-2014 gnd rswk-swf Gesellschaft Politik Kwaito (Music) Social aspects Kwaito (Music) Philosophy and aesthetics Kwaito (Music) Political aspects Musicians, Black South Africa Soziale Funktion (DE-588)4289518-2 gnd rswk-swf Kwaito (DE-588)7666106-4 gnd rswk-swf Jugend (DE-588)4028859-6 gnd rswk-swf Politischer Wandel (DE-588)4175047-0 gnd rswk-swf Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd rswk-swf Südafrika (Staat) South Africa Social conditions 1994- Südafrika (DE-588)4078012-0 gnd rswk-swf Südafrika (DE-588)4078012-0 g Kwaito (DE-588)7666106-4 s Politischer Wandel (DE-588)4175047-0 s Jugend (DE-588)4028859-6 s Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 s Soziale Funktion (DE-588)4289518-2 s Geschichte 1994-2014 z DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Festeinband 978-0-226-36240-3 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Broschur 978-0-226-36254-0 http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226362687.001.0001/upso-9780226362403 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
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| title | Kwaito's promise music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa |
| title_alt | Music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa |
| title_auth | Kwaito's promise music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa |
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| title_full | Kwaito's promise music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa Gavin Steingo |
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| title_short | Kwaito's promise |
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| title_sub | music and the aesthetics of freedom in South Africa |
| topic | Gesellschaft Politik Kwaito (Music) Social aspects Kwaito (Music) Philosophy and aesthetics Kwaito (Music) Political aspects Musicians, Black South Africa Soziale Funktion (DE-588)4289518-2 gnd Kwaito (DE-588)7666106-4 gnd Jugend (DE-588)4028859-6 gnd Politischer Wandel (DE-588)4175047-0 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd |
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