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Book The  La Traviata  Affair

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hilde Roos
  • Publisher : University of California Press
  • Release : 2018-10-23
  • ISBN : 0520299892
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book The La Traviata Affair written by Hilde Roos and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race, politics, and opera production during apartheid South Africa intersect in this historiographic work on the Eoan Group, a “coloured” cultural organization that performed opera in the Cape. The La Traviata Affair charts Eoan’s opera activities from the group’s inception in 1933 until the cessation of their productions by 1980. It explores larger questions of complicity, compromise, and compliance; of assimilation, appropriation, and race; and of “European art music” in situations of “non-European” dispossession and disenfranchisement. Performing under the auspices of apartheid, the group’s unquestioned acceptance of and commitment to the art of opera could not redeem it from the entanglements that came with the political compromises it made. Uncovering a rich trove of primary source materials, Hilde Roos presents here for the first time the story of one of the premier cultural agencies of apartheid South Africa.

Book Physical Education and Physical Culture in South Africa  1837   1966

Download or read book Physical Education and Physical Culture in South Africa 1837 1966 written by Francois Johannes Cleophas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sounding the Cape

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  • Author : Denis Martin
  • Publisher : African Minds
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1920489827
  • Pages : 471 pages

Download or read book Sounding the Cape written by Denis Martin and published by African Minds. This book was released on 2013 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town have therefore been assigned an "identity" which is first and foremost social. This volume tries to question the relationship established between musical styles and genres, and social - in this case pseudo-racial - identities. In Sounding the Cape, Denis-Constant Martin recomposes and examines through the theoretical prism of creolisation the history of music in Cape Town, deploying analytical tools borrowed from the most recent studies of identity configurations. He demonstrates that musical creation in the Mother City, and in South Africa, has always been nurtured by contacts, exchanges and innovations whatever the efforts made by racist powers to separate and divide people according to their origin. Musicians interviewed at the dawn of the 21st century confirm that mixture and blending characterise all Cape Town's musics. They also emphasise the importance of a rhythmic pattern particular to Cape Town, the ghoema beat, whose origins are obviously mixed. The study of music demonstrates that the history of Cape Town, and of South Africa as a whole, undeniably fostered creole societies. Yet, twenty years after the collapse of apartheid, these societies are still divided along lines that combine economic factors and "racial" categorisations. Martin concludes that, were music given a greater importance in educational and cultural policies, it could contribute to fighting these divisions and promote the notion of a nation that, in spite of the violence of racism and apartheid, has managed to invent a unique common culture.

Book Ranciere and Music

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  • Author : Cachopo Joao Pedro Cachopo
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Release : 2020-04-15
  • ISBN : 1474440258
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book Ranciere and Music written by Cachopo Joao Pedro Cachopo and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The place of music in Ranciere's thought has long been underestimated or unrecognised. This volume responds to this absence with a collection of 15 essays by scholars from a variety of music- and sound-related fields, including an Afterword by Ranciere on the role of music in his thought and writing. The essays engage closely with Ranciere's existing commentary on music and its relationship to other arts in the aesthetic regime, revealed through detailed case studies around music, sound and listening. Ranciere's thought is explored along a number of music-historical trajectories, including Italian and German opera, Romantic and modernist music, Latin American and South African music, jazz, and contemporary popular music. Ranciere's work is also set creatively in dialogue with other key contemporary thinkers including Adorno, Althusser, Badiou and Deleuze.

Book Henry Darwin Rogers  1808   1866

Download or read book Henry Darwin Rogers 1808 1866 written by Patsy Gerstner and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-12-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Darwin Rogers is a familiar figure in the history of American geology, especially as the director of the first state geological surveys of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Although best remembered for the survey work, Rogers considered his theory of mountain elevation to be his most important scientific legacy. Based on studies of the Appalachian Mountains, Rogers's elevation theory was the first American explanation of the dynamics of elevation. As a study of the Pennsylvania survey, this volume offers new insight into the origin and problems associated with early surveys. As a study of Rogers's life and work, it presents a portrait of a man with strong convictions and dedication and examines the development and application of his ideas.

Book Cascade Failure

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  • Author : L. M. Sagas
  • Publisher : Tor Books
  • Release : 2024-03-19
  • ISBN : 1250871263
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Cascade Failure written by L. M. Sagas and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L. M. Sagas's debut, Cascade Failure, is a high-octane, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes's Divide series with Firefly. It features a fierce, messy, chaotic space family, vibrant worlds, and an exploration of the many ways to be—and not to be—human. Most Anticipated Books of 2024—Goodreads, Polygon, The Nerd Daily There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. Between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. Branded a Guild deserter, Jal "accidentally" lands a ride on a Guild ship. Helmed by an AI, with a ship's engineer/medic who doesn't see much of a difference between the two jobs, and a "don't make me shoot you" XO, the Guild crew of the Ambit is a little . . . different. They're also in over their heads. Responding to a distress call from an abandoned planet, they find a mass grave, and a live programmer who knows how it happened. The Trust has plans. This isn't the first dead planet, and it's not going to be the last. Unless the crew of the Ambit can stop it. Ambit's Run series Cascade Failure At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Gravity Lost

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  • Author : L. M. Sagas
  • Publisher : Tor Books
  • Release : 2024-07-23
  • ISBN : 1250871298
  • Pages : 285 pages

Download or read book Gravity Lost written by L. M. Sagas and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L. M. Sagas follows her fast-paced sci-fi adventure Cascade Failure with an equally explosive sequel, Gravity Lost. Everyone's favorite fierce, messy, chaotic space fam is back with more vibrant worlds, and the wildest crew since Guardians of the Galaxy. After thwarting a space station disaster and planetary destruction, the Ambit crew thought turning Isaiah Drestyn over to the Union would be the end of their troubles. Turns out, it’s only the start. Drestyn is a walking encyclopedia of dirty secrets, and everyone wants a piece of him—the Trust, the Union, even the Guild. Someone wants him bad enough to kill, and with the life of one of their own on the line, the Ambit crew must jail-break the very man they helped capture and expose some of the secrets he’s been keeping before it’s too late. In the Spiral, everything has a price. In their fight to protect what they love, Eoan, Nash, Saint, and Jal will confront some ugly truths about their enemies, and even uglier truths about their friends. But nothing will come close to the truths they’ll learn about themselves. You can’t always fix what’s broken ... and sometimes, it’s better that way. Ambit's Run Cascade Failure At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Coon Carnival

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  • Author : Denis Martin
  • Publisher : New Africa Books
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780864864482
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Coon Carnival written by Denis Martin and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition has been created using digital cartography. The use of political colours on the maps helps to emphasize individual countries and place names rather than landforms, using distinctive colours to make identification easier.

Book African Christian Mothers and Fathers

Download or read book African Christian Mothers and Fathers written by Mark Ellingsen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After almost a millennium and a half, scholars are rediscovering the theological roots of Christianity in ancient North Africa! But we still have a long way to go in bringing these insights to the Church's consciousness. What has been needed is a careful but accessible analysis of what the great theologians of the region prior to and contemporary with Augustine actually taught about the faith, and why what they said still matters today. African Christian Mothers and Fathers is precisely the book we have needed, an explanation of the theology of these great, though in some cases forgotten, early church leaders for scholars, seminarians, pastors, and laity. Mark Ellingsen, author of an acclaimed book on the thought and life of Augustine, takes readers on an insightful tour of the theological landscape of North Africa and its thought from the late first through the early fifth centuries, and brings us back to the present enriched with ancient but fresh ideas for living the faith.

Book Two Hundred Years of Geology in America

Download or read book Two Hundred Years of Geology in America written by Cecil J. Schneer and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 1979 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Living with a Pug

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  • Author : Alison Mount
  • Publisher : B.E.S. Publishing
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780764156359
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Living with a Pug written by Alison Mount and published by B.E.S. Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is in-depth examination of the Pug�s traits and needs. This small dog is especially good with children, and is easy to keep groomed. The Living with a Pet series is focused to help inexperienced owners and prospective owners who are thinking about acquiring a specific breed of dog. Books offer an in-depth look at the special characteristics and needs of each title�s breed. Is the dog an active animal that needs vigorous daily exercise? Is it good with kids? Will it make a reliable guard dog? Which health problems are more prevalent in which breed? These pet manuals are outstanding in appearance, filled with eye-catching sidebar advice and handsome color photos. Now Comes with Bonus DVD at No Added Cost! The brand-new hour-long dog training instruction program is specially designed to help dog owners who have little or no experience in obedience training.

Book Filipinas Magazine

Download or read book Filipinas Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book South African Digest

Download or read book South African Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transactions of the Philological Society

Download or read book Transactions of the Philological Society written by Philological Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members included in most vols.

Book The Audience is Waiting

Download or read book The Audience is Waiting written by Jack Henry Stodel and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Orkneyinga Saga

Download or read book The Orkneyinga Saga written by Alexander Burt Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: