Open AccessIdentifications through Musical Expressions of Africanness in Slovenia
Author(s) -
Mojca Kovačić
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
muzikološki zbornik/muzikološki zbornik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2350-4242
pISSN - 0580-373X
DOI - 10.4312/mz.55.2.65-78
Subject(s) - diaspora , musical , representation (politics) , identification (biology) , negotiation , expression (computer science) , ethnic group , space (punctuation) , art , anthropology , aesthetics , gender studies , sociology , history , literature , linguistics , political science , philosophy , social science , law , computer science , botany , politics , biology , programming language
In the article I am interested in the ways that Africanness (as a representation of and identification with African culture) is musically performed in Slovenia. Africanness is being publicly represented either by African diaspora that is negotiating their ethnic identifications through culture or non-Africans that have established connections with African culture for various reasons. The article illustrates in which cases music offers a space of safety and self-identification, a place of fascination, aesthetic expression or cultural growth and enrichment.