Description
| Product ID: | 9780415967761 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Current Research in Ethnomusicology: Outstanding Dissertations |
| Title: | Baakisimba |
| Subtitle: | Gender in the Music and Dance of the Baganda People of Uganda |
| Authors: | Author: Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza |
| Page Count: | 316 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Theatre studies, Music, Theatre studies, Music |
| Description: | Originally a royal court dance, "baakisimba" asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. Integrating a study of the performance genre with a detailed analysis of gender among the Baganda, this book illuminates the complex relationship between "baakisimba" and Baganda culture. Originally a royal court dance, baakisimba asserted the authority of the king as the head of Baganda society. After the abolition of kingship in 1967, baakisimba dance began to be performed in other contexts, with women sometimes playing the accompanying drums-traditionally a man''s role-and with men occasionally performing the dance.Sylivia Nannyonga-Tamusuza argues that the music and dance of the Baganda people are not simply reflective of culture; baakisimba participates in the construction of social relations, and helps determine how these relations shape the performing arts. Integrating a study of foregrounds the conceptualization of gender as a time-specific cultural phenomenon. Illuminating the complex relationship between baakisimba and Baganda culture, this path breaking volume bridges the gaps in previous scholarship that integrates music and dance in ethnomusicological scholarship. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-08-30 |