Intonations A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times

Name: Intonations A Social History of Music and Nation in Luanda, Angola, from 1945 to Recent Times
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ISBN: 9780821418246

ISBN-10: 0821418246

ISBN-13: 9780821418246

Edition: 2008

Authors: Marissa J. Moorman

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Intonationstells the story of how Angola's urban residents in the late colonial period (roughly 1945-74) used music to talk back to their colonial oppressors and, more importantly, to define what it meant to be Angolan and what they hoped to gain from independence. Author Marissa J. Moorman presents a social and cultural history of the relationship between Angolan culture and politics. She argues that it was in and through popular urban music, produced mainly in the capital city of Luanda'smusseques(urban shantytowns), that Angolans forged the nation and developed expectations about nationalism. Through careful archival work and extensive interviews with musicians and those who attend…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 10/15/2008
Binding: Box or Slipcased
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Marissa J. Moorman is an assistant professor of African history at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her work has appeared inReview of African Literaturenbsp;andInternational Journal of African Historical Studies.