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‘Music of origin’: class, social category and the performers and audience of kiba, a South African migrant genre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Deborah James
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Cet article se sert d'une étude de cas sur le kiba, un genre de spectacle nomade provenant de la province du nord de l'Afrique du Sud, pour illuminer des idées théoriques récentes sur le rôle des artistes et des spectateurs afin d'offir une perspective critique sur la manière par laquelle le concept de classe a été conceptualisé dans quelques études africaines. Tandis que l'homogénéisation du concept de classe dérivé de l'ouest puisse très bien être peu appropriée dans certains contextes africains et autres contextes du sud, comme certains écrivains l'ont prétendu, les communautés migratoires du Sotho du nord ont développé des notions indigènes de catégories sociales qui combinent des sources modernes d'identité liée au travail avec apparemment des célébrations arriérées d'attitudes traditionnelles. Cet article examine l'assertion de la théorie du spectacle que l'expression culturelle ne reflète pas tout simplement les prédilections de groupes de gens établis mais peut fournir un centre d'attention pour la consolidation et l'identité de nouveaux groupes.

Type
Identities and illusions
Information
Africa , Volume 67 , Issue 3: Audiences in action , July 1997 , pp. 454 - 475
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Copyright © International African Institute 1997

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