Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia
Kings, Christians, and Cosmopolitans in Catholic Youth Songs
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Theory & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Catholic, Catholicism, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International
| Author: | Wendi A. Haugh | ISBN: | 9780739188460 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | June 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wendi A. Haugh |
| ISBN: | 9780739188460 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | June 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia explores how young people living in a former ethnic homeland in post-apartheid Namibia imagine the nation through songs they compose and perform. The author argues that these Oshiwambo-speaking youth draw on conflicting ideologies—hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan—to construct a multifaceted sense of national identity, and she shows how their vision of the nation is deeply rooted in local history and culture even though it is framed as neutrally national.
Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia explores how young people living in a former ethnic homeland in post-apartheid Namibia imagine the nation through songs they compose and perform. The author argues that these Oshiwambo-speaking youth draw on conflicting ideologies—hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan—to construct a multifaceted sense of national identity, and she shows how their vision of the nation is deeply rooted in local history and culture even though it is framed as neutrally national.
