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Author:   Gregory Barz ,  Nightline Jim Wooten
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9780415972901

ISBN 10:   0415972906
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   30 November 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

'...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

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Gregory Barz is Assistant Professor of ethnomusicology and anthropology at Vanderbilt University. He lives in Nashville, TN.

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