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Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia : Kings, Christians, and Cosmopolitans in Catholic Youth Songs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (301 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780739188460
  • 0739188461
  • 9780739196960
  • 0739196960
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia.DDC classification:
  • 782.42/1599096881 23
LOC classification:
  • ML3760 .H38 2014
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Ethnic Terms; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 A History of Nationalism in Namibia; 3 Catholic Youth Songs in Ethnographic Perspective; 4 Shared Possessions, Shared Interests: The Nation as Individual(s); 5 Kings and Their Countries: The Nation as Hierarchical Whole; 6 Beyond Pagans: Building and Maintaining a Modern Christian Nation; 7 Connecting across Difference: Creating a Cosmopolitan Nation; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: NACAYUL Song List; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary: This book explores how young people living in a former ethnic homeland in post-apartheid Namibia imagine the nation through songs they compose and perform. The author argues that these Oshiwambo-speaking youth draw on conflicting ideologies-hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan-to construct a complex sense of national identity.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)810251

Print version record.

List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Ethnic Terms; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 A History of Nationalism in Namibia; 3 Catholic Youth Songs in Ethnographic Perspective; 4 Shared Possessions, Shared Interests: The Nation as Individual(s); 5 Kings and Their Countries: The Nation as Hierarchical Whole; 6 Beyond Pagans: Building and Maintaining a Modern Christian Nation; 7 Connecting across Difference: Creating a Cosmopolitan Nation; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: NACAYUL Song List; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

This book explores how young people living in a former ethnic homeland in post-apartheid Namibia imagine the nation through songs they compose and perform. The author argues that these Oshiwambo-speaking youth draw on conflicting ideologies-hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan-to construct a complex sense of national identity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.