Singing for Life: Hiv/AIDS and Music in Uganda

ISBN-13: 9780415972895 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 280 str.

Gregory F. Barz; Jim Wooten

Opis

A pioneering work in the growing field of medical ethnomusicology, Singing for Life shows how music, dance, drama, and the visual arts have been enlisted in the fight against AIDS in East Africa - from education to prevention and treatment. It shows how musical traditions have the power to both spread needed information and influence social behaviour and presents a cultural analysis of hope and healing. Through case studies, song texts, interviews and personal testimonies, the author shows how music can be both a mode of promoting health and a force for personal healing. Singing for Life: HIV and Music in Africa tells a compelling story that will appeal to students of ethnomusicology, anthropology, African studies, cultural studies, and medicine/healing. Written at a high level of engagement, but consistently approachable, it set's a benchmark for future studies in medical ethnomusicology.

Recenzje

'...he investigates how song texts refer to HIV/AIDS, and how women suffering from HIV/AIDS have become empowered through their music, dance and drama presentations...an excellent book that should be read by medical professionals, social workers and musicologists.' Lois Ann Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spis treści

Foreword by Jim Wooten, Acknowledgments, Acronyms Used in the Text, Recorded Selections on the Compact Disc, List of Figures, Orthography, Prelude: “Those Who Do Not Listen to Our Songs and Change Their Behavior Will Land in Problems”, Introduction: “Music Is Taken as a Medicine”: Singing for Life in a Time of AIDS, Chapter 1: HIV/AIDS, Jackfruit, and Banana Weevils: Music and Medical Interventions in Uganda, Interlude 1: Florence Kumunhyu’s Testimony, Chapter 2: “What You Sing Nourishes Your Body Like Food”, Interlude 2: “Our Problems Are Bigger than AIDS”: A Conversation with Dr. Alex Muganzi Muganga, Chapter 3: “No One Will Listen to Us Unless We Bring Our Drums!”: AIDS and Women’s Music Performance in Uganda, Interlude 3: “Stick to One Person”: Nawaikoke Village Women’s Ensemble, Chapter 4: “Today We Have Naming of Parts”: Languaging AIDS Through Music, Interlude 4: Excerpts from an Interview with the Bukato Youth Fellowship, Chapter 5: “Singing in a Language AIDS Can Hear”: Music, AIDS, and Religion, Interlude 5: Conversation with Faustus Baziri, Chapter 6: Re-Memorying Memory: HIV/AIDS and the Performance of Cultural Memory, Interlude 6: TASO Drama Group Testimonies, Conclusion: “Getting the Message Across Without Music Is Sometimes Shaky”, Afterword, Appendix, Notes, Works Cited, Index

O autorze

Gregory Barz is Assistant Professor of ethnomusicology and anthropology at Vanderbilt University. He lives in Nashville, TN.