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Author:

Skinner, Ryan Thomas, author.

Title:

Bamako sounds : the Afropolitan ethics of Malian music / Ryan Thomas Skinner.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Subject:

Music--Moral and ethical aspects--Bamako.--Bamako.
Music--Moral and ethical aspects--Mali.
Musicians--Bamako--Bamako--Social conditions.
Ethnomusicology--Bamako.--Bamako.
Group identity--Bamako.--Bamako.
Group identity in the performing arts--Bamako.--Bamako.
Mandingo (African people)--Bamako--Bamako--Ethnic identity.
City and town life--Bamako.--Bamako.
Bamako (Mali)--Social conditions.

Notes:

"A Quadrant book." "Sponsored by the Quadrant Global Cultures group ... and by the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota." Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: an Africanist's query. Representing Bamako -- Artistiya -- Ethics and aesthetics -- A pious poetics of place -- Money trouble -- Afropolitan patriotism -- Conclusion: an Africanist's query.

ISBN:

0816693501 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816693504 (pb : alk. paper)
0816693498 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816693498 (hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)894746338

LCCN:

2014025344

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)