Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West by Veit

Description: Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West by Veit Erlmann Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description How was Africa seen by the West during the colonial period? How do Europeans and Americans conceive of Africa in today's postcolonial era? Such questions have preoccupied anthropologists, historians, and literary scholars for years. But few have asked the reverse: how did—and do—Africans seeEurope and the United States? Fewer still have wondered how Western images of Africa and African representations of the West might mirror one another.In a detailed study spanning from the late nineteenth century to the present, renowned anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Veit Erlmann examines the very creation of a global imagination for black South Africans, Europeans, and African Americans. To this end, he explores two striking episodes inthe history of black South African music. The first is a pair of tours made by two black South African choirs in England and America in the early 1890s; the second is a series of engagements with the international music industry as experienced by the premier choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazoafter the release of Paul Simon's celebrated Graceland album in 1986.Readers will find the cast of characters involved in these intertwined and international dramas at once telling and impressive. Among the many players are African National Congress co-founder Saul Msane, Queen Victoria, African-American musician and impresario Orpheus McAdoo, Xhosa Christian prophetNtsikana, W. E. B. Du Bois, Michael Jackson, and Spike Lee. Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination tells the story of how these artists, activists, and agents effectively invented each other in travel diaries, religious hymns, concert performances, music videos, Broadway plays, andautobiographies. Erlmann also argues that the resultant mixture of myths and fictions—as distinctly imagined by these diverse historical actors—entangled South Africa and the West in ways that often obscured the newly emergent global imbalances of power, or else blurred the polarities of thecolonial and postcolonial world.Ultimately, this book reports on a transatlantic dialogue that carries direct and profound implications for the world's arts and cultures. It is the black diasporic discussion between South Africa and the West, and it is a conversation—about society, music, and Utopia—that is still inprogress. Publisher Description How do Western images of Africa and African representations of the West mirror each other? In this text the author seeks to illuminate the complex issues involved in the making of modern identities in Africa, Europe and the United States, through an examination of two striking episodes in the history of black South African music: the tours of two black South African choirs in England and America in the 1890s, and a series of engagements with the international music industry by South Africas premier choral group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, after the release of Paul Simons "Graceland" album in 1986. Author Biography Veit Erlmann holds the Endowed Chair of Music History at the University of Texas at Austins Butler School of Music. Details ISBN 0195123670 ISBN-13 9780195123678 Title Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West Author Veit Erlmann Format Hardcover Year 2002 Pages 320 Publisher Oxford University Press, USA GE_Item_ID:137021345; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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