Xavier Livermon, Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivity in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Bodies in motion, bodies in space, performing bodies, bodies enunciating a new political order: these are the subjects thrown into sharp relief in Xavier Livermon’s Kwaito Bodies: Mastering Space and Subjectivity in Post-Apartheid South Africa. An important contribution in a time when the Black bod...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Transposition
2022
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Bodies in motion, bodies in space, performing bodies, bodies enunciating a new political order: these are the subjects thrown into sharp relief in Xavier Livermon’s Kwaito Bodies: Mastering Space and Subjectivity in Post-Apartheid South Africa. An important contribution in a time when the Black body has (re)gained significant attention across the world, the book provides a visceral investigation into Black youth culture in post-apartheid South Africa. In particular, it focuses on kwaito, a g... |
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