{"product_id":"music-and-social-change-in-south-africa-maskanda-past-and-present-hardback-9781439911365","title":"Music and Social Change in South Africa; Maskanda Past and Present (Hardback) 9781439911365","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMusic and Social Change in South Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMaskanda Past and Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKathryn Olsen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439911365\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e222 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMusic and Social Change in South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e looks at contemporary maskanda-a folk musical genre distinguished by fast guitar picking and blues-style vocal intonation-against the backdrop of South Africa's history. A performance practice that emerged in the early decades of the twentieth century among Zulu migrant workers, maskanda is strongly associated with young Zulu men's experiences of repression and dislocation during imperial and, more particularly, apartheid rule.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Working closely with translated song lyrics and musical notation-and applying musical and socio-political analysis to this music and its cultural context-Olsen argues that maskanda offers insight into how the post-apartheid ideal of social transformation is experienced by those who were marginalized for most of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawing on a decade of research, Olsen strives to demystify the Zulu part of contemporary experience in South Africa and to reveal some of the complexities of the social, economic, and political landscape of contemporary South Africa.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Prologue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1   Maskanda Researched: The Parallax View\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2   Maskanda's Early Years \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3   Maskanda as Commodified Tradition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4   Men Making Maskanda in Post-apartheid South Africa \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5   Women Playing Maskanda \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6   Experiencing Transformation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e References\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Ethnomusicology Multimedia","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584909308184,"sku":"9781439911365","price":42.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/music-and-social-change-in-south-africa-maskanda-past-and-present-hardback-9781439911365","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}