Music, Health, and Power
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Music, Health, and Power

Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia

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Music, Health, and Power

Singing the Unsayable in The Gambia

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Music, Health, and Power offers an original, on-the-ground analysis of the role that music plays in promoting healthy communities. The book brings the reader inside the world of kanyeleng fertility societies and HIV/AIDS support groups, where women use music to leverage stigma and marginality into new forms of power.

Drawing on ethnographic research conducted over a period of 13 years (2006–2019), the author articulates a strengths-based framework for research on music and health that pushes beyond deficit narratives to emphasize the creativity and resilience of Gambian performers in responding to health disparities. Examples from Ebola prevention programs, the former President's AIDS "cure, " and a legendary underwear theft demonstrate the high stakes of women's performances as they are caught up in broader contestations over political and medical authority.

This book will be of interest to scholars and students of ethnomusicology, medical anthropology, and African studies. The accompanying audio examples provide access to the women's performances discussed in the text.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
9781000712063
Edition
1
Topic
Medien & darstellende Kunst
Subtopic
Musik

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of figures
  9. Recorded selections on the accompanying website
  10. Orthography and pronunciation
  11. List of abbreviations
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. 1 Introduction: Music, health, and power
  14. 2 Women’s power: Gender Islam, and health performance in The Gambia
  15. 3 Singing Teriyaa: Life, death, and HIV-stigma
  16. 4 “Let’s insult the soldier’s mother”: Performative license and communication
  17. 5 When money dances: Songs of health and wealth
  18. 6 Stealing power: Embodiment and participation in kanyeleng performance
  19. 7 “Touch the drum and they will come”: Music, tradition, and communication
  20. 8 Beginnings and endings
  21. Glossary
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index