Figuring the black femme fatale: analysing black womanhood in U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
- Waters-Maine, Leigh Nomfundo Fortunate
- Authors: Waters-Maine, Leigh Nomfundo Fortunate
- Date: 2024-10-11
- Subjects: U-Carmen eKhayelitsha , Opera , Black people in opera , Women, Black , Motherhood and the arts , Music South Africa 1994-
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/466117 , vital:76687
- Description: In this thesis, I investigate black womanhood in U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a post-apartheid film opera. The aim of this research is to examine the representation of black women in this film opera, focusing largely on the lead character, U-Carmen. This thesis is driven by a form of intersectional feminism which is characterised by overlapping categories such as race, gender, class and sexual orientation (Crenshaw 1989). A growing number of scholars have written about the rise of South African operas (Roos 2012; André 2016; Gerber 2021) but have seldom focused on the multi-layered representation of black women, which is what this thesis aims to do. In reading this work, I argue that U-Carmen eKhayelitsa foregrounds U-Carmen as a black woman with a storyline that rejects essentialists portrayals of black women on opera stages. The film opera, I argue, figures a complex womanhood represented in voice, labour, motherhood, and death. It not only recognizes the marginalised, but it also offers a change to the perception of the gendering of the black female body. In this thesis, I employ textual analysis to consider the historical contexts of U-Carmen alongside its contemporary resonances and analyse the main female character in the opera and how she can enforce or change the narrative of the role of women in opera. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2024
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- Date Issued: 2024-10-11
- Authors: Waters-Maine, Leigh Nomfundo Fortunate
- Date: 2024-10-11
- Subjects: U-Carmen eKhayelitsha , Opera , Black people in opera , Women, Black , Motherhood and the arts , Music South Africa 1994-
- Language: English
- Type: Academic theses , Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/466117 , vital:76687
- Description: In this thesis, I investigate black womanhood in U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a post-apartheid film opera. The aim of this research is to examine the representation of black women in this film opera, focusing largely on the lead character, U-Carmen. This thesis is driven by a form of intersectional feminism which is characterised by overlapping categories such as race, gender, class and sexual orientation (Crenshaw 1989). A growing number of scholars have written about the rise of South African operas (Roos 2012; André 2016; Gerber 2021) but have seldom focused on the multi-layered representation of black women, which is what this thesis aims to do. In reading this work, I argue that U-Carmen eKhayelitsa foregrounds U-Carmen as a black woman with a storyline that rejects essentialists portrayals of black women on opera stages. The film opera, I argue, figures a complex womanhood represented in voice, labour, motherhood, and death. It not only recognizes the marginalised, but it also offers a change to the perception of the gendering of the black female body. In this thesis, I employ textual analysis to consider the historical contexts of U-Carmen alongside its contemporary resonances and analyse the main female character in the opera and how she can enforce or change the narrative of the role of women in opera. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Music and Musicology, 2024
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- Date Issued: 2024-10-11
BBC Schools
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: African musicians , Simple , Extraordinary , Conventional , Instrument , Reeds , Bamboo , Brick , Log , Wood , Content , Strict tempo , Rhythm , Tapping , Pulse , Word , Absolute , Regular , Irregular , Clap , Beat , Even , Drums , Distinctive , Tone , Voices , Sticks , Membrane , Play , Nigeria , Yoruba drummers , Pitch , Hourglass , African , Music , Songs , Languages , Common , Story songs , Rhodesia , Chorus , Opera , The Bird of the Valley , Tracey, Hugh version
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15137 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012493 , Reel numbers: BC163, BC164
- Description: Narration on African musicians and African music by Hugh Tracey covering item numbers one to three for schools broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: African musicians , Simple , Extraordinary , Conventional , Instrument , Reeds , Bamboo , Brick , Log , Wood , Content , Strict tempo , Rhythm , Tapping , Pulse , Word , Absolute , Regular , Irregular , Clap , Beat , Even , Drums , Distinctive , Tone , Voices , Sticks , Membrane , Play , Nigeria , Yoruba drummers , Pitch , Hourglass , African , Music , Songs , Languages , Common , Story songs , Rhodesia , Chorus , Opera , The Bird of the Valley , Tracey, Hugh version
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15137 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012493 , Reel numbers: BC163, BC164
- Description: Narration on African musicians and African music by Hugh Tracey covering item numbers one to three for schools broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Music in Soweto
- Authors: Mngoma, Khabi
- Subjects: Khabi Mngoma , Choir , Singing , Johannesburg , Soweto , Western music , Jazz , Pop , Tribal folk music , Meadowlands , Zulu , Men‘s hostels , Mbaqanga , Penny-whistle bands , Weddings , Folk music , Dance , Invention , Radio , Curriculum , Education , Eisteddfodd , Musical training , Church , Father Hardesen , Rand Music Society , Leseding Anglican Mission , South African Salvation Army , Adjudication , Judges , Radio Bantu , Brass band , Route playing , Naledi Hospital , Violin , Cello , Orchestra , Theory of music , Voice , Piano , Bach Cantatta , Four Seasons , Mendelssohn‘s Hymns of Praise , Opera , Verdi‘s Requiem , Charity , Charitable organisations , Hugh Tracey , Study of Man in Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Music , Lecture
- Identifier: vital:15105 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008533 , Reel number: BC161
- Description: A talk by Khabi Mngoma about music in Soweto, given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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- Authors: Mngoma, Khabi
- Subjects: Khabi Mngoma , Choir , Singing , Johannesburg , Soweto , Western music , Jazz , Pop , Tribal folk music , Meadowlands , Zulu , Men‘s hostels , Mbaqanga , Penny-whistle bands , Weddings , Folk music , Dance , Invention , Radio , Curriculum , Education , Eisteddfodd , Musical training , Church , Father Hardesen , Rand Music Society , Leseding Anglican Mission , South African Salvation Army , Adjudication , Judges , Radio Bantu , Brass band , Route playing , Naledi Hospital , Violin , Cello , Orchestra , Theory of music , Voice , Piano , Bach Cantatta , Four Seasons , Mendelssohn‘s Hymns of Praise , Opera , Verdi‘s Requiem , Charity , Charitable organisations , Hugh Tracey , Study of Man in Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Music , Lecture
- Identifier: vital:15105 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008533 , Reel number: BC161
- Description: A talk by Khabi Mngoma about music in Soweto, given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
- Full Text: false
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