What was considered, in the 1950s, "Ghanaian" music?
The present article aims to explicate the main constituent elements of an artifact of popular culture, the highlife musical style, which emerged in the early 1900s on the Gold Coast and, by the 1950s, had been linked by political actors to the anti-colonial effort. The practices associated with this...
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| description | The present article aims to explicate the main constituent elements of an artifact of popular culture, the highlife musical style, which emerged in the early 1900s on the Gold Coast and, by the 1950s, had been linked by political actors to the anti-colonial effort. The practices associated with this style of music, from various parts of the globe, were ideologically taken as the signs par excellence of an "African" and "Ghanaian" distinctiveness. In this paper I intend to explain the process of Africanization of the practices associated with such musical style. To do so, I will elaborate a mapping about the theories on popular culture and, later, I will list bibliographic data related to the historical context analyzed. |
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| spelling | ojs-article-176062023-04-11T19:42:39Z What was considered, in the 1950s, "Ghanaian" music? ¿Qué se consideraba, en los años 50, una canción "ghanesa"? O que foi considerado, na década de 1950, uma música “ganesa”? Ferreira, Yuri Pinto Ferreira, Yuri Pinto Ferreira, Yuri Pinto Cultura popular Música Nacionalismo Pop culture Music Nationalism Cultura popular Música Nacionalismo The present article aims to explicate the main constituent elements of an artifact of popular culture, the highlife musical style, which emerged in the early 1900s on the Gold Coast and, by the 1950s, had been linked by political actors to the anti-colonial effort. The practices associated with this style of music, from various parts of the globe, were ideologically taken as the signs par excellence of an "African" and "Ghanaian" distinctiveness. In this paper I intend to explain the process of Africanization of the practices associated with such musical style. To do so, I will elaborate a mapping about the theories on popular culture and, later, I will list bibliographic data related to the historical context analyzed. El presente artículo pretende explicar los principales elementos constitutivos de un artefacto de la cultura popular, el estilo musical highlife, que surgió a principios del siglo XX en la Costa de Oro y, en la década de 1950, había sido vinculado por los actores políticos al esfuerzo anticolonial. Las prácticas asociadas a dicha música, procedentes de diversas partes del mundo, se tomaron ideológicamente como los signos por excelencia de un carácter distintivo "africano" y "ghanés". En este artículo pretendo explicar el proceso de africanización de las prácticas asociadas a dicho estilo musical. Para ello, se elaborará un mapeo de las teorías sobre la cultura popular y, posteriormente, enumeraré datos bibliográficos relacionados con el contexto histórico analizado. O presente artigo tem por objetivo explicitar os principais elementos constituintes de um artefato da cultura popular, o estilo musical highlife, que surgiu no início da década de 1900 na Costa do Ouro e que, na década de 1950, fora vinculado por atores políticos ao esforço anticolonial. As práticas associadas a tal estilo musical, provenientes de vários lugares do globo, foram tomados ideologicamente enquanto os signos par excellence de uma distintividade “africana” e “ganesa”. Neste trabalho pretendo explicitar o processo de africanização das práticas associadas a tal estilo musical. Para tanto, será elaborado um mapeamento acerca das teorias sobre cultura popular e, posteriormente, elencarei dados bibliográficos relativos ao contexto histórico analisado. Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2020-08-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Text Texto Avaliado pelos pares Texto application/pdf https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/proa/article/view/17606 10.20396/proa.v10i1.17606 PROA: Revista de Antropologia e Arte; Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Music as decolonial practice; 51-71 PROA: Revista de Antropologia e Arte; Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2020): Música como práctica decolonial; 51-71 Proa: Revista de Antropologia e Arte; v. 10 n. 1 (2020): Música enquanto prática decolonial; 51-71 2175-6015 por https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/proa/article/view/17606/12311 World; Contemporary Mundo; Contemporáneo Mundo; Contemporâneo Copyright (c) 2020 Yuri Pinto Ferreira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Ferreira, Yuri Pinto Ferreira, Yuri Pinto Ferreira, Yuri Pinto Cultura popular Música Nacionalismo Pop culture Music Nationalism Cultura popular Música Nacionalismo What was considered, in the 1950s, "Ghanaian" music? |
| title | What was considered, in the 1950s, "Ghanaian" music? |
| title_full | What was considered, in the 1950s, "Ghanaian" music? |
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| title_short | What was considered, in the 1950s, "Ghanaian" music? |
| title_sort | what was considered, in the 1950s, "ghanaian" music? |
| topic | Cultura popular Música Nacionalismo Pop culture Music Nationalism Cultura popular Música Nacionalismo |
| url | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/proa/article/view/17606 |
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