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Performing the nation : Swahili music and cultural politics in Tanzania

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Performing the nation : Swahili music and cultural politics in Tanzania / Kelly M. Askew.

Author

Askew, Kelly Michelle.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002.

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*LDC 25967	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Text	Use in library	*LDC 41835 [CD]	Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Text	Request in advance	*LE 06-6501 [Book]	Offsite
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xviii, 417 p. : ill.; 24 cm. +

Series Statement

Chicago studies in ethnomusicology

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375), discography (p. 377-402), and indexes.

Contents

Arts of governance -- Tanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania -- Of ginger ale and orange soda -- Weighty gestures, significant glances : taarab performance and the constitution of social relations -- Cultural revolution in Tanzania? -- Competing agendas : the production of Tanzanian national culture -- Of mwanyas and multipartyism : taarab performance and the Tanzanian state -- Conclusion : cultural policy by and for the people.

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