Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 290 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
New African histories series |
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New African histories series
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-273) and index |
Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Music -- Social aspects -- Angola -- Luanda (Luanda)
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Music -- Political aspects -- Angola
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Nationalism in music.
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Angola.
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popular music.
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musicians.
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nationalism.
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social history.
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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
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Music -- Political aspects
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Music -- Social aspects
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Nationalism in music
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Musik
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Musikleben
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Music -- Social aspects -- Angola -- Luanda (Luanda)
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Music -- Political aspects -- Angola.
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Nationalism in music.
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Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975 -- Music and the revolution
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Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002 -- Music and the war
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Angola
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Angola -- Luanda (Luanda)
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Luanda
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Angola
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Angola -- History -- Revolution, 1961-1975 -- Music and the revolution.
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Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002 -- Music and the war.
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Angola -- Bürgerkrieg.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008026805 |
ISBN |
9780821443040 |
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0821443046 |
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