Women in Taarab - The Performing Art in East Africa (Paperback)

The study aims primarily at exploring the images of Swahili women as depicted in taarab songs in Zanzibar and factors that shape these images at different epochs or points in time. A secondary concern of the book is to highlight the history of taarab songs in Zanzibar and to identify the relationship between this art of songs and the Egyptian song. The author adopted a holistic approach, concentrating on sung lyrics. The analysis is descriptive and utilizes perspectives of literary theories of orature as well as insights from gender, cultural, structural, and functional theories.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Schriften Zur Afrikanistik - Research in African Studies, 11
Release date:	December 2006
Authors:	Mohamed El-Mohammady Rizk
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	198
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-53208-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Music > General
LSN:	3-631-53208-3
Barcode:	9783631532089

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