Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West

Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-320

  Erlmann, Veit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Black South African choirs; Black South African music; Europe; Graceland; Identity; Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Paul Simon; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940508076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195123678.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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