Dust of the Zulu : Ngoma aesthetics after Apartheid / Louise Meintjes ; with photographs by TJ Lemon.

Author
Meintjes, Louise, 1960- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xii, 338 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

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    In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance and music that emerged out of the legacies of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa. Contextualizing ngoma within South Africa's history of violence, migrant labor, the HIV epidemic, and the world music market, Meintjes follows a community ngoma team and its professional subgroup during the twenty years after apartheid's end. She intricately ties aesthetics to politics, embodiment to the voice, and masculine anger to eloquence and virtuosity, relating the visceral experience of ngoma performances as they embody the expanse of South African history. Meintjes also shows how ngoma helps build community, cultivate responsible manhood, and provide its participants with a means to reconcile South Africa's past with its postapartheid future. Dust of the Zulu includes over one hundred photographs of ngoma performances, the majority taken by award-winning photojournalist TJ Lemon [Publisher description]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-327) and index.
    Contents
    • The politics of participation in Ngoma song and dance
    • Turning to be kissed: praise, flirtation, and the work of men
    • The unwavering voice: affect, eloquence, and the moral anger of men
    • Feet of the centipede: military aesthetics and the politics of reconciliation
    • To quell the dancer's dust: singing violence during South Africa's transition
    • The crossing: world music and Ngoma at home
    • Dancing around disease: silence, ambiguity, and brotherhood
    • The digital homestead: having a voice and the sound of marginalization
    • Brokering the body: culture, heritage, and the pleasure of participation
    • Closing: Ngoma's masculinity, South Africa's struggle.
    ISBN
    • 9780822362500 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0822362503 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 9780822362654 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0822362651 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016057550
    OCLC
    957242419
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