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Bamako sounds the Afropolitan ethics of Malian music

Title: Bamako sounds [electronic resource] : the Afropolitan ethics of Malian music / Ryan Thomas Skinner.
Author: Skinner, Ryan Thomas.
Publication: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]

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Description

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Uniform Title

Bamako sounds (Online)

Alternative Title

Bamako sounds (Online)

Subject

Music > Moral and ethical aspects > Mali > Bamako
Music > Moral and ethical aspects > Mali
Musicians > Mali > Bamako > Social conditions
Ethnomusicology > Mali > Bamako
Group identity > Mali > Bamako
Group identity in the performing arts > Mali > Bamako
Mandingo (African people) > Mali > Bamako > Ethnic identity
City and town life > Mali > Bamako
Bamako (Mali) > Social conditions

Note

"A Quadrant book."
"Sponsored by the Quadrant Global Cultures group ... and by the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction: a sense of urban Africa -- Representing Bamako -- Artistiya -- Ethics and aesthetics -- A pious poetics of place -- Money trouble -- Afropolitan patriotism -- Conclusion: an Africanist's query.

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