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Gender, Identity, And Performance

Understanding Swahili Cultural Realites Through Song

ISBN-13: 9780865439740

Contributor(s): Mwenda Ntarangwi

Subject: African Studies (Regional)

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 01-07-2003

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£26.99

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About the book

Juxtaposing cultural norms with everyday practices, Ntarangwi explores how gender and identity are practiced, constructed, mobilised and contested through popular musical expressions known as Taarah. By examining masculinity and femininity within these expressions, Ntarangwi raises questions of critical importance to the study of gender, positing ultimately that gender can be used to reshape conceptual categories and intellectual theories of everyday experiences.