276 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
276 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
280 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Efforts within the past decade to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa have dealt with HIV/AIDS principally as a medical concern—despite the fact that doctors continue to be confronted with the complex relationship of the disease to broader social issues. When medical and governmental institutions fail, artists step in. Contemporary performances in Uganda often focus on gender and... Read more
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
Biography
Gregory Barz is Assistant Professor of ethnomusicology and anthropology at Vanderbilt University. He lives in Nashville, TN.
'...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
