Women in Taarab : The Performing Art in East Africa
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631532083
ISBN-13
9783631532089
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 18th, 2006
Print length
198 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 20.90 x 1.40 cms
Ksh 9,950.00
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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.
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