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Men and Popular Music in Algeria : The Social Significance of Raï / Marc Schade-Poulsen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: CMES Modern Middle East SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292757004
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 781.63/0965
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Story of Raï -- 3. The Raï Performance and Studio Recording -- 4. Young Men in the City -- 5. Listening to Raï -- 6. Transgressions in Raï: The Weak Side of the Strong -- 7. The Raï of Love -- 8. Postscript -- Appendix 1: Four Versions of "Ma ḍannitsh natfārqu" -- Appendix 2: Four Raï Songs -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Raï music is often called the voice of the voiceless in Algeria, a society currently swept by tragic conflict. Raï is the voice of Algerian men, young men caught between generations and classes, in political strife, and in economic inequality. In a ground-breaking study, anthropologist Marc Schade-Poulsen uses this popular music genre as a lens through which he views Algerian society, particularly male society. He situates raï within Algerian family life, moral codes, and broader power relations. Schade-Poulsen did his research in the 1990s, in clubs, recording studios, at weddings, and with street musicians. He describes the history of raï, which emerged in the late 1970s and spread throughout North Africa at the same time the Islamist movement was growing to become the most potent socio-political movement in Algeria. Outsiders consider raï to be Western in origin, but Schade-Poulsen shows its Islamic roots as well. The musicians do use Western instruments, but the music itself mixes Algerian popular songs and rhythms with the beat of American disco, Egyptian modalities, Moroccan wedding tunes, and the songs of Julio Iglesias. The lyrics deal with male-female relationships but also with generational relationships and the problems of youth, as they struggle to find a place in a conflicted society. The study, in its innovative approach to music as a template of society, helps the reader understand the two major movements among today's Algerian youth: one toward the mosque and the other toward the West.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Story of Raï -- 3. The Raï Performance and Studio Recording -- 4. Young Men in the City -- 5. Listening to Raï -- 6. Transgressions in Raï: The Weak Side of the Strong -- 7. The Raï of Love -- 8. Postscript -- Appendix 1: Four Versions of "Ma ḍannitsh natfārqu" -- Appendix 2: Four Raï Songs -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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Raï music is often called the voice of the voiceless in Algeria, a society currently swept by tragic conflict. Raï is the voice of Algerian men, young men caught between generations and classes, in political strife, and in economic inequality. In a ground-breaking study, anthropologist Marc Schade-Poulsen uses this popular music genre as a lens through which he views Algerian society, particularly male society. He situates raï within Algerian family life, moral codes, and broader power relations. Schade-Poulsen did his research in the 1990s, in clubs, recording studios, at weddings, and with street musicians. He describes the history of raï, which emerged in the late 1970s and spread throughout North Africa at the same time the Islamist movement was growing to become the most potent socio-political movement in Algeria. Outsiders consider raï to be Western in origin, but Schade-Poulsen shows its Islamic roots as well. The musicians do use Western instruments, but the music itself mixes Algerian popular songs and rhythms with the beat of American disco, Egyptian modalities, Moroccan wedding tunes, and the songs of Julio Iglesias. The lyrics deal with male-female relationships but also with generational relationships and the problems of youth, as they struggle to find a place in a conflicted society. The study, in its innovative approach to music as a template of society, helps the reader understand the two major movements among today's Algerian youth: one toward the mosque and the other toward the West.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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