Sounding the Cape
For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town have therefore been assigned an ìidentityî which is first and foremost...
Đã lưu trong:
| Tác giả chính: | |
|---|---|
| Định dạng: | Online |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
| Được phát hành: |
African Minds
2023
|
| Những chủ đề: | |
| Truy cập trực tuyến: | ONIX_20230724_9781920489823_8 |
| Các nhãn: |
Không có thẻ, Là người đầu tiên thẻ bản ghi này!
|
| _version_ | 1869523673221693440 |
|---|---|
| author | Martin, Denis-Constant |
| author_browse | Martin, Denis-Constant |
| author_facet | Martin, Denis-Constant |
| author_sort | Martin, Denis-Constant |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town have therefore been assigned an ìidentityî which is first and foremost social. This volume tries to question the relationship established between musical styles and genres, and social --in this case pseudo-racial --identities. In Sounding the Cape, Denis-Constant Martin recomposes and examines through the theoretical prism of creolisation the history of music in Cape Town, deploying analytical tools borrowed from the most recent studies of identity configurations. He demonstrates that musical creation in the Mother City, and in South Africa, has always been nurtured by contacts, exchanges and innovations whatever the efforts made by racist powers to separate and divide people according to their origin. Musicians interviewed at the dawn of the 21st century confirm that mixture and blending characterise all Cape Town's musics. They also emphasise the importance of a rhythmic pattern particular to Cape Town, the ghoema beat, whose origins are obviously mixed. The study of music demonstrates that the history of Cape Town, and of South Africa as a whole, undeniably fostered creole societies. Yet, twenty years after the collapse of apartheid, these societies are still divided along lines that combine economic factors and 'racial'categorisations. Martin concludes that, were music given a greater importance in educational and cultural policies, it could contribute to fighting these divisions and promote the notion of a nation that, in spite of the violence of racism and apartheid, has managed to invent a unique common culture. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-107859 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| publishDateRange | 2023 |
| publishDateSort | 2023 |
| publisher | African Minds |
| publisherStr | African Minds |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1078592025-07-17T10:01:20Z Sounding the Cape Martin, Denis-Constant music politics apartheid Cape Town thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town have therefore been assigned an ìidentityî which is first and foremost social. This volume tries to question the relationship established between musical styles and genres, and social --in this case pseudo-racial --identities. In Sounding the Cape, Denis-Constant Martin recomposes and examines through the theoretical prism of creolisation the history of music in Cape Town, deploying analytical tools borrowed from the most recent studies of identity configurations. He demonstrates that musical creation in the Mother City, and in South Africa, has always been nurtured by contacts, exchanges and innovations whatever the efforts made by racist powers to separate and divide people according to their origin. Musicians interviewed at the dawn of the 21st century confirm that mixture and blending characterise all Cape Town's musics. They also emphasise the importance of a rhythmic pattern particular to Cape Town, the ghoema beat, whose origins are obviously mixed. The study of music demonstrates that the history of Cape Town, and of South Africa as a whole, undeniably fostered creole societies. Yet, twenty years after the collapse of apartheid, these societies are still divided along lines that combine economic factors and 'racial'categorisations. Martin concludes that, were music given a greater importance in educational and cultural policies, it could contribute to fighting these divisions and promote the notion of a nation that, in spite of the violence of racism and apartheid, has managed to invent a unique common culture. 2023-07-26T17:45:28Z 2023-07-26T17:45:28Z 2023-07-24T15:32:08Z 2013 book ONIX_20230724_9781920489823_8 OCN: 857064013 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64069 9781920489823 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/107859 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/64069/1/9781920489823.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/64069/1/9781920489823.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/64069/1/9781920489823.pdf African Minds 10.47622/9781920489823 10.47622/9781920489823 36099d72-8b22-4bf5-ab27-c2090263b9c6 9781920489823 ScholarLed 472 Cape Town open access |
| spellingShingle | music politics apartheid Cape Town thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement Martin, Denis-Constant Sounding the Cape |
| title | Sounding the Cape |
| title_full | Sounding the Cape |
| title_fullStr | Sounding the Cape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sounding the Cape |
| title_short | Sounding the Cape |
| title_sort | sounding the cape |
| topic | music politics apartheid Cape Town thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement |
| topic_facet | music politics apartheid Cape Town thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music thema EDItEUR::6 Style qualifiers::6J Styles (IJ)::6JD Jazz thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement |
| url | ONIX_20230724_9781920489823_8 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT martindenisconstant soundingthecape |