African stars : studies in Black South African performance /

African stars : studies in Black South African performance /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Erlmann, Veit.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1991.
Description:	xxi, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Subject:	Blacks -- South Africa -- Music -- History and criticism. Music -- South Africa -- History and criticism. Blacks -- Music. Music South Africa. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1190540

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ISBN:	0226217221 (alk. paper) 0226217248 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
List of Musical Examples
A Note on Orthography and Translations
Preface
1. Introduction
2. ""A Feeling of Prejudice""
3. Cultural Osmosis, Ethnicity, and Tradition in Black Popular Music in Durban, 1913-1939
4. ""Horses in the Race Course"": The Domestication of Ingoma Dance, 1929-1939
5. ""An African Star""
6. ""Singing Brings Joy to the Distressed"": The E