Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music
Music has become one of the most powerful tools to communicate diverse issues in the public discourse of contemporary societies. Political and religious identities are among a plethora of constructions and contestations of meanings advanced by music producers and artists. The textuality of songs is...
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| description | Music has become one of the most powerful tools to communicate diverse issues in the public discourse of contemporary societies. Political and religious identities are among a plethora of constructions and contestations of meanings advanced by music producers and artists. The textuality of songs is not neutral, but a matter of a public act that dialogically positions and (dis)aligns subjects with certain political and religious identities. It is in this context that this chapter evaluates political and religious identities in Oliver Mtukudzi’s music. It argues that Mtukudzi dialogically constructed and contested certain political and religious identities, taking a stance toward the self and others in response to salient dimensions of the socio-cultural situation. We engage the Stance theory to make an assessment of how Mtukudzi expressed his feelings, judgments and commitments in the construction of political and religious identities in his songs. Mtukudzi’s political and religious songs are conveniently sampled. Political and religious discourse identities in Tuku’s music are niche areas that have not been explored from a discourse-linguistic perspective. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-51902022-10-10T07:27:29Z Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music Jakaza, Ernest Mangeya, Hugh Music Political identity Religious identity Stance Mtukudzi Music has become one of the most powerful tools to communicate diverse issues in the public discourse of contemporary societies. Political and religious identities are among a plethora of constructions and contestations of meanings advanced by music producers and artists. The textuality of songs is not neutral, but a matter of a public act that dialogically positions and (dis)aligns subjects with certain political and religious identities. It is in this context that this chapter evaluates political and religious identities in Oliver Mtukudzi’s music. It argues that Mtukudzi dialogically constructed and contested certain political and religious identities, taking a stance toward the self and others in response to salient dimensions of the socio-cultural situation. We engage the Stance theory to make an assessment of how Mtukudzi expressed his feelings, judgments and commitments in the construction of political and religious identities in his songs. Mtukudzi’s political and religious songs are conveniently sampled. Political and religious discourse identities in Tuku’s music are niche areas that have not been explored from a discourse-linguistic perspective. 2022-10-10T07:27:29Z 2022-10-10T07:27:29Z 2022-09-11 Book chapter Jakaza, E., Mangeya, H. (2022). Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music. In: Nyakudya, M., Chinouriri, B., Mateveke, P., Chitando, E. (eds) The Cultural and Artistic Legacy of Oliver Mtukudzi. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97200-4_16 978-3-030-97199-1 978-3-030-97200-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97200-4_16 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5190 en The Cultural and Artistic Legacy of Oliver Mtukudzi;Pages 247–261 open Palgrave Macmillan, Cham |
| spellingShingle | Music Political identity Religious identity Stance Mtukudzi Jakaza, Ernest Mangeya, Hugh Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music |
| title | Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music |
| title_full | Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music |
| title_short | Stance Accounts of Political and Religious Identities in ‘Tuku’ Music |
| title_sort | stance accounts of political and religious identities in ‘tuku’ music |
| topic | Music Political identity Religious identity Stance Mtukudzi |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97200-4_16 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5190 |
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