TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrationsContent type: | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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When Namibia gained its independence from South Africa in 1990, the new government began dismantling the divisive apartheid state and building a unified nation-state. What does this new nation look like from the perspective of ordinary citizens? In Lyrical Nationalism in Post-Apartheid Namibia, Wendi Haugh provides an ethnographic portrayal of the nation as imagined by people living in the former ethnic homeland of Ovamboland, with a particular focus on the lyrics of songs composed and performed by Catholic youth. The author argues that these youth draw on conflicting ideologies--hierarchical and egalitarian, nationalist and cosmopolitan--from multiple sources to construct a multi-faceted sense of national identity. She reveals how their vision of the nation--framed as neutrally national--is deeply rooted in specific local histories and cultures.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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