In this paper, I seek to investigate the manifold relationships between traditional and contemporary, oral and written Swahili poetry-in the utendi and mashairi forms-and its recitation in terms of the following considerations: how have advances in technology changed the production, transmission and reception of Swahili Islamic poetry? To what extent do writing and orality coexist in a recited text? What is the nature of performer identity formation within a "discourse network" of artists-the composer (mtungaji), reader (msomaji), and singer (mwimbaji)-who, in Goffman's words, play "participation roles" and appropriate poetry belonging to other living poets or to their own (sometimes anonymous) ancestors? In an attempt to answer these questions, I provide examples of performers and their performative craft. In this paper, I seek to investigate the manifold relationships between traditional and contemporary, oral and written Swahili poetry-in the utendi and mashairi forms-and its recitation in terms of the following considerations: how have advances in technology changed the production, transmission and reception of Swahili Islamic poetry? To what extent do writing and orality coexist in a recited text? What is the nature of performer identity formation within a "discourse network" of artists-the composer (mtungaji), reader (msomaji), and singer (mwimbaji)-who, in Goffman's words, play "participation roles" and appropriate poetry belonging to other living poets or to their own (sometimes anonymous) ancestors? In an attempt to answer these questions, I provide examples of performers and their performative craft.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2020
توصيف ظاهري
139-168
عنوان
Matatu
شماره جلد
51/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1875-7421
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African Studies
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Comparative Studies & World Literature
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Criticism & Theory
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Cultural History
اصطلاح موضوعی
Islamic poetry
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Lamu archipelago
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Literature & Culture
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Literature and Cultural Studies
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mediation and appropriation
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performing arts
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Postcolonial Literature & Culture
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