Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health

Ethnography of a South African AIDS Choir

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book is an ethnographic study of a HIV/AIDS choir who use music to articulate their individual and collective experiences of the disease. The study interrogates as to understand the bigger picture of HIV/AIDS using the approach of microanalysis of music event. It places the choir, and the cultural and political issues addressed in their music in the broader context of South Africa’s public health and political history, and the global culture and politics of AIDS.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-08-03
Mått157 x 237 x 23 mm
Vikt531 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor236
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498510103

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Chapter One:Introduction: Towards Ethnography of AIDS Music in a South African ExperienceChapter Two:The Making of the Siphithemba ChoirChapter Three:Music and Epidemics in South AfricaChapter Four:“We are a family”- Musical Space as Social Space of Communal ActionChapter Five:“We Sing with One Mind and Purpose”: Expressing Spirituality and Sociocultural ExperienceChapter Six:Creative Processes and Musical Stylistics Chapter Seven:Dance without Drum: Playing the Politics of Culture in the Context of an Epidemic Chapter Eight:The Siphithemba in Politics of Identity and RepresentationChapter Nine:Conclusion: Reflections on Siphithemba Choir and the Politics of AIDS and Health

Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health is a significant contribution to localized studies of music and global health concerns. By focusing on the Siphithemba Choir, Austin C. Okigbo unveils the use of the arts in sub-Saharan Africa to function both as educational outreach for local communities and as an internal intervention for the choir itself. Drawing on song texts rich in details related to health and society, this ethnography stands as a testament to the important role music serves in the everyday politics of AIDS in South Africa today