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The land is sung : Zulu performances and the politics of place

Title: The land is sung : Zulu performances and the politics of place / Thomas M. Pooley.
Author: Pooley, Thomas M., 1983-
Publication: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2023]

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Description

xvi, 268 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"An ethnography of Zulu performances in post-apartheid South Africa, drawing on a decade of fieldwork showing how performances of song, dance, and praise poetry are political acts in communities still defined by their relationship to traditional leadership, land, and custom"--
"Ethnography on the politics of land and belonging in post apartheid Zulu performances. What does it mean to belong? In The Land is Sung, musicologist Thomas Pooley shows how performances of song, dance, and praise poetry connect Zulu communities to their ancestral homes and genealogies. For those without land tenure in the province of KwaZulu-Nata, performances articulate a sense of place. Migrants express their allegiances through performance and spiritual relationships to land are embodied in rituals that invoke ancestral connection while advancing well-being through intergenerational communication. Engaging with justice and environmental ethics, education and indigenous knowledge systems, musical and linguistic analysis, and the ethics of recording practice, Pooley's analysis draws on genres of music and dance recorded in the midlands and borderlands of South Africa, and in Johannesburg's inner city. His detailed sound writing captures the visceral experiences of performances in everyday life. The book is richly illustrated and there is a companion website featuring both video and audio examples"--

Series Statement

Music/culture

Uniform Title

Music/culture.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

Text in English and isiZulu.

Contents

Introduction. Sounding a Way -- The Politics of Belonging: Land, Culture, and Representation in KwaZulu-Natal -- umSindo! The Politics of Sonic Space at a Zulu Wedding -- Songs of Sacrifice: uMemulo and the Politics of Gender and Generation -- Phenomenology of iNgoma: isiShameni Dance and the Politics of Proximity -- uMaskandi iziBongo: The Politics and Poetics of Popular Praises -- Inscribing Tradition: Poverty, Inequality, and the Politics of Performance in Schools -- Sounds of Tongaland: Environmental Justice at Ndumo Game Reserve -- Unsung Melodies: Reciprocity in Sound -- Conclusion.

Call Number

*MGS (South African) 23-4543

ISBN

9780819500571
0819500577

LCCN

2023018053

OCLC

1373609675

Author

Pooley, Thomas M., 1983- author.

Title

The land is sung : Zulu performances and the politics of place / Thomas M. Pooley.

Publisher

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Music/culture

Music/culture.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Text in English and isiZulu.

Other Form:

Online version: Pooley, Thomas M., 1983- Land is sung Middletown : Wesleyan University Press, 2023 9780819500595 (DLC) 2023018054

Research Call Number

*MGS (South African) 23-4543

ReCAP 23-8350

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