{"product_id":"sonic-spaces-of-the-karoo-marie-jorritsma-9781439902370","title":"Sonic Spaces of the Karoo: The Sacred Music of a South African Coloured Community","description":"Sonic Spaces of the Karoo is a pioneering study of the sacred music of three coloured (the apartheid designation for people not white or native) people's church congregations in the rural town of Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Jorritsma's fieldwork involves an investigation of the choruses, choir music, and hymns of the Karoo region to present a history of the people's traditional, religious, and cultural identity in song. This music is examined as part of a living archive preserved by the community in the face of a legacy of slavery and colonial as well as apartheid oppression. Jorritsma's findings counteract a lingering stereotype that coloured music is inferior to European or African music and that coloured people should not or do not have a cultural identity. Sonic Spaces of the Karoo seeks to eradicate that bias and articulate a more legitimate place for these people in the contemporary landscape of South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Jorritsma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439902372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439902370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Marie Jorritsma","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065584693503,"sku":"9781439902370","price":66.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8cee71f-e2ca-4ed9-916a-3fbb25cdb6d8.jpg?v=1768675942","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sonic-spaces-of-the-karoo-marie-jorritsma-9781439902370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}