{"product_id":"song-walking-angela-impey-9780226538013","title":"Song Walking: Women, Music, and Environmental Justice in an African Borderland","description":"\u003ci\u003eSong Walking\u003c\/i\u003e explores the politics of land, its position in memories, and its foundation in changing land-use practices in western Maputaland, a borderland region situated at the juncture of South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland. Angela Impey investigates contrasting accounts of this little-known geopolitical triangle, offsetting textual histories with the memories of a group of elderly women whose songs and everyday practices narrativize a century of borderland dynamics. Drawing evidence from women's walking songs (\u003ci\u003eamaculo manihamba)--\u003c\/i\u003eonce performed while traversing vast distances to the accompaniment of the European mouth-harp \u003ci\u003e(isitweletwele\u003c\/i\u003e)--she uncovers the manifold impacts of internationally-driven transboundary environmental conservation on land, livelihoods, and local senses of place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book links ethnomusicological research to larger themes of international development, environmental conservation, gender, and local economic access to resources. By demonstrating that development processes are essentially cultural processes and revealing how music fits within this frame, \u003ci\u003eSong Walking\u003c\/i\u003e testifies to the affective, spatial, and economic dimensions of place, while contributing to a more inclusive and culturally apposite alignment between land and environmental policies and local needs and practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Impey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022653801X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226538013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019","brand":"Angela Impey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437883109631,"sku":"9780226538013","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2901a71f-bb15-4a54-9337-c004759bef06.jpg?v=1777167419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/song-walking-angela-impey-9780226538013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}