- Title
- Sylvia Bruinders, Parading Respectability: The Cultural and Moral Aesthetics of the Christmas Bands Movement in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Creator
- McConnachie, Boudina E
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/480735
- Identifier
- vital:78471
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v10i4.2247"
- Description
- In this book, Sylvia Bruinders, in her clear, articulate writing style intimately shares her personal experiences of, and research into, the Christmas Band Movement in the Western Cape of South Africa. Three interrelated disciplines (as referred to by the musicians themselves), namely, the Christmas Bands, the Malay choirs and the klopse (carnival troupes) take place during the summer months in the Western Cape each year. Although the Christmas band members are Christian and the Malay choirs predominantly Muslim, part of the ancestry of these performers can be traced back to the Southeast Asian slaves brought to the Cape during the rule of the Dutch East India Company. The klopse, influenced by the US blackface minstrelsy, consists of performers from both religious groups and are regarded in a more derogatory manner than the other performance cultures. As all three styles are characterised by a particular ghoema rhythm, Bruinders refers to the phenomenon as the “ghoema musical complex” (2017:2). Documented evidence suggests that Christmas Bands have been in existence since the mid-1800s but Bruinders writes that the 80, or so, bands that perform now emerged during the 1920s and 1930s, coinciding with the two worlds wars. This military influence had a major role in the developing character of the bands and is discussed throughout the book.
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (2 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- ILAM
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music
- Relation
- McConnachie, B., 2018. Sylvia Bruinders, Parading Respectability: The Cultural and Moral Aesthetics of the Christmas Bands Movement in the Western Cape, South Africa. African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music, 10(4), pp.197-198
- Relation
- African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music volume 10 number 4 p. 197 2018 0065-4019
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- The journal is freely accessible to the public, except for the latest two issues that require a subscription. In addition the journal is also available on JSTOR limited to all content except the latest 5 years of issues
- Rights
- Open Access
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McConnachie, Boudina Elizabeth (Associate Prof)
RU Department of Music & Musicology
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