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ISBN-10 : 0062282719

GENDER, IDENTITY AND PERFORMANCE: UNDERSTANDING SWAHILI CULTURAL REALITIES THROUGH SONGS Black & African American Romance Fiction or is it central toThis book analyzes the intersection between gender and identity within popular performance of the Swahili people of Mombasa. Juxtaposing cultural norms with everyday practices, Ntarangwi explores how gender and identity are practiced, constructed, mobilized, and contested through popular musical expressions known as taarab. By carefully examining the revelation and reconstitution of masculinities and femininities within these expressions, Ntarangwi