Product Information
The workers who migrate from Lesotho to South Africa have developed a genre of sung oral poetry that provides an account of what it is to be a migrant. This text discusses Basotho musical literature, taking into account historical conditions, political dynamics and social forces, as well as the styles, artistry and occasions of performance. Complete with transcriptions of full male and female performances, this book develops a theoretical and methodological framework intended to be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the relationship between ethnoaesthetics and text in the context of performance.Product Identifiers
PublisherWit's University Press
ISBN-139781868142767
eBay Product ID (ePID)88368077
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn the Time of Cannibals: the Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants
AuthorDavid Coplan
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTraditional Folk Music
Publication Year1997
Dimensions
Item Height215mm
Item Width135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDavid Coplan
Country/Region of ManufactureSouth Africa