Acculturation as translation: mimicry, satire and resistance in Chewa dance
The gulewamkulu mask dance is the major Chewa dance performed in all Chewa communities of Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. With this particular dance – and indeed with many others – historical connotations, cultural reverberations, and systemic institutionalisation come into play....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2012-01-01
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Series: | Acta Academica |
Online Access: | http://196.255.246.28/index.php/aa/article/view/1382 |