{"product_id":"highlife-saturday-night-popular-music-and-social-change-in-urban-ghana-paperback","title":"Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Plageman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNate Plageman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHighlife Saturday Night \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the vibrancy of Saturday nights in Ghana--when musicians took to the stage and dancers took to the floor--in this penetrating look at musical leisure during a time of social, political, and cultural change. Framing dance band \"highlife\" music as a central medium through which Ghanaians negotiated gendered and generational social relations, Nate Plageman shows how popular music was central to the rhythm of daily life in a West African nation. He traces the history of highlife in urban Ghana during much of the 20th century and documents a range of figures that fueled the music's emergence, evolution, and explosive popularity. This book is generously enhanced by audiovisual material on the Ethnomusicology Multimedia website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNate Plageman is Assistant Professor of History at Wake Forest University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782397100320,"sku":"9780253007292","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/79359ae92c85e74e6e005fe1c5ecbd49.webp?v=1780569738","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/highlife-saturday-night-popular-music-and-social-change-in-urban-ghana-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}