Zimbabwe urban grooves music and the interconnections between youth identities and celebrity culture

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dc.contributor.advisorManase, Irikidzayien_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorStrauss, Heleneen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTivenga, Doreen Rumbidzaien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-13T08:24:24Z
dc.date.available2019-08-13T08:24:24Z
dc.date.issued2018en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D. (English))--University of the Free State, 2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractZimbabwe urban grooves music is an urban contemporary hybrid genre of music that fuses local music, beats and cultural practices with global popular youth music and cultural practices, is sung predominantly in vernacular languages, and is popular with the urban youth. This thesis examines the interconnections between youth identities and celebrity culture through the lenses of urban grooves music. The study focuses on how Zimbabwean youth react to fundamental societal shifts and the convergence between their everyday local experiences and global cultural experiences through music. I show how these local and global changes have led to a significant rise in popularity and influence of urban grooves music as youth seek to express their identities and cultures in light of these changes and intercultural experiences. My study addresses these significant youth experiences by engaging in a textual analysis of urban grooves music and video texts. Textual analysis is complemented by interviews with urban youth, urban grooves musicians, music promoters and producers, while some of the research findings are based on observations I made during some musical shows I attended as part of the audience or consumers of urban grooves. Field work for the research was delimited to Harare and Chitungwiza where the genre has its roots and has developed rapidly to influence the youth. In addition, the study is mainly informed by theories of globalisation, popular culture and celebrity culture, which are complemented by other relevant concepts such as the concept of the everyday, power, recognition and feminist theories. These theories are key in comprehending the significance of the urban grooves genre and its linkages with trajectories of youth identities that are mapped in ambivalent and intricate ways involving complex gender dynamics, spatial attachments, group affiliations, celebrity culture and the quest for visibility and power. I argue that interactions between complex everyday local and global cultural and societal changes have contributed to Zimbabwean youth’s everyday experiences, intercultural encounters and identities that resonate and are influenced by celebrity culture and constituted in urban grooves.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (NIHSS-CODESRIA)en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/10281
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabween_ZA
dc.subjectZimbabwe urban grooves musicen_ZA
dc.subjectUrbanen_ZA
dc.subjectYouthen_ZA
dc.subjectIdentityen_ZA
dc.subjectCultureen_ZA
dc.subjectCelebrityen_ZA
dc.subjectCelebrity cultureen_ZA
dc.subjectPopular cultureen_ZA
dc.subjectGlobalisationen_ZA
dc.subjectGhettoen_ZA
dc.subjectInterculturalityen_ZA
dc.subjectSyncretismen_ZA
dc.subjectSpaceen_ZA
dc.subjectFemale musiciansen_ZA
dc.subjectMale dominationen_ZA
dc.subjectConsumptionen_ZA
dc.subjectEveryday lifeen_ZA
dc.subjectResistanceen_ZA
dc.subjectSelf-praiseen_ZA
dc.subjectLyrical feudsen_ZA
dc.subjectPoweren_ZA
dc.subjectRecognitionen_ZA
dc.titleZimbabwe urban grooves music and the interconnections between youth identities and celebrity cultureen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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