Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivity in Post-Apartheid South Africa

by Xavier Livermon

Book Overview

In Kwaito Bodies Xavier Livermon examines the cultural politics of the youthful black body in South Africa through the performance, representation, and consumption of kwaito, a style of electronic dance music that emerged following the end of apartheid. Drawing on fieldwork in Johannesburg's nightclubs and analyses of musical performances and recordings, Livermon applies a black queer and black feminist studies framework to kwaito. He shows how kwaito...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006633
• ISBN13: 9781478006633
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"