Dust of the Zulu
Subtitle: Ngoma aesthetics after Apartheid
By: Louise Meintjes ; with photographs by TJ Lemon
Contributors: Lemon, T. J., photographer
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780822362654
Subjects: Social aspects; Zulu (African people); Ngoma (Drum) music; Music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics of participation in Ngoma song and dance; title: Turning to be kissed: praise, flirtation, and the work of men; title: The unwavering voice: affect, eloquence, and the moral anger of men; title: Feet of the centipede: military aesthetics and the politics of reconciliation; title: To quell the dancer's dust: singing violence during South Africa's transition; title: The crossing: world music and Ngoma at home; title: Dancing around disease: silence, ambiguity, and brotherhood; title: The digital homestead: having a voice and the sound of marginalization; title: Brokering the body: culture, heritage, and the pleasure of participation; title: Closing: Ngoma's masculinity, South Africa's struggle.