Baakisimba Baakisimba
Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations

Baakisimba

Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda

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Beschreibung des Verlags

Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967, baakisimba dance began to be performed in other contexts, with women sometimes playing the accompanying drums-traditionally a man's role-and with men occasionally performing the dance.Sylivia Nannyonga-Tamusuza argues that the music and dance of the Baganda people are not simply reflective of culture; baakisimba participates in the construction of social relations, and helps determine how these relations shape the performing arts. Integrating a study of foregrounds the conceptualization of gender as a time-specific cultural phenomenon. Illuminating the complex relationship between baakisimba and Baganda culture, this path breaking volume bridges the gaps in previous scholarship that integrates music and dance in ethnomusicological scholarship.

GENRE
Kultur und Unterhaltung
ERSCHIENEN
2014
4. Februar
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
314
Seiten
VERLAG
Taylor & Francis
GRÖSSE
17.5
 MB

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