Zimbabwean urban grooves and their subversive performance practices

Social Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-67

  Manase, Irikidzayi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti western cultural imperialism; Complicity; Popular culture; Subversion; Zimbabwean urban grooves

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649134931     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533950802666923     Document Type: Article

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