Search for dissertations about: "african music"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words african music.

2. 1. A Rhythm that Connects my Heart with God : Worship, Ritual and Pentecostal Spirituality as Theology

   Author : Martina Prosén; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pentecostal spirituality; Pentecostal theology; Charismatic Liturgy; Worship; Praise and Worship; Ritualization; Embodiment; Theologizing; Transformation; Progressive Pentecostalism; Nairobi; Kenya; African Church Music; Pentecostal dance; Pentecostal dress; Pentecostal music; Pentecostal use of Scripture; Oral theology; Sung theology; Empirical methods in theology; Mavuno Church; Christ is The Answer Ministries; CITAM;

   Abstract : This qualitative theological study seeks to shed light on pentecostal theology and spirituality through an investigation of worship as it is practiced in two urban pentecostal-charismatic churches in Nairobi, Kenya. The empirical data serve as a springboard for theological construction and interpretation from a pentecostal perspective. READ MORE

4. 2. Walking the Line : Female Wedding Ngoma in Zanzibar

   Author : Carolien Hulshof; Mattias Lundberg; Sverker Finnström; Byron Dueck; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Zanzibar; women; ngoma; African music analysis; sexuality; gender relations; ethnomusicology; heterotopia; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the music of two female ngoma, or music-dance events, that are associated with weddings in Zanzibar: unyago and msanja. Zanzibar is a Muslim island, and there are distinct social spheres for men and women, each with their own norms and expectations with regards to speech, dress, and behavior. READ MORE

5. 3. The "New Negro" in the Old World : culture and performance in James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen

   Author : Lena Ahlin; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; Europe in African-American literature; Nella Larsen; Jessie Fauset; James Weldon Johnson; minstrelsy; whiteness; performance; cultural authenticity; New Negro; Harlem Renaissance; African Americans in Europe;

   Abstract : I denna avhandling studeras europaskildringarna i James Weldon Johnsons The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), Jessie Fausets There Is Confusion (1924) och Nella Larsens Quicksand (1928) och hur dessa speglar afrikansk-amerikanernas roll i den västerländska civilisationen. I 1800-talets afrikansk-amerikanska litteratur figurerar Europa ofta som symbol för frihet och kultur. READ MORE

6. 4. The "New Negro" in the Old World: Culture and Performance in James Weldon Johnson, Jessie Fauset, and Nella Larsen

   Author : Lena Ahlin; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Europe in African-American literature; English language and literature; Nella Larsen; Jessie Fauset; James Weldon Johnson; minstrelsy; whiteness; performance; cultural authenticity; New Negro; Harlem Renaissance; African Americans in Europe; Engelska språk och litteratur ;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between the “New Negro” moment of the early twentieth-century America and the Old World of Europe, as represented in James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912), Jessie Fauset’s There is Confusion (1924), and Nella Larsen’s Quicksand (1928). In the nineteenth century, Europe functioned as a symbol of freedom, education and art in the African-American literary imagination. READ MORE

7. 5. Islamic Semiotic Resources in US Hip-Hop Culture

   Author : Anders Ackfeldt; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; islam; hip-hop; social semiotik; afroamerikansk islam; religion;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the field of Islamic Studies by analyzing how the production of Islam can be seen as the outcome of interactions between actors who define themselves as Muslims as well as those who do not. The argument of this dissertation is that Muslims as well as non-Muslims have used Islamic themes in their artistic productions throughout the history of African American music making, making this historical legacy essential to this musical tradition because parts of it are repeatedly evoked in lyrics, sounds, and imagery. READ MORE