Abstract

In this article, the authors examine the symbiotic relationship that exists between places and identities in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, through contemporary song texts. They borrow Julia Kristeva’s concept of intertextuality to trace the sources of spatial textual referents embedded in song texts and examine the ways in which they inform the emergence and consolidation of identities. Through analysing selected song texts from the late Beatar Mangethe, Khuxxman and Lovemore “Majaivana” Tshuma, the authors underscore the spatial senses in which these selected song texts define and shape identities and class distinctions in Bulawayo’s townships. Finally, they describe the identities of characters who are sketched into the places that Mangethe, Khuxxman and Majaivana sing about, thereby highlighting a symbiotic dialogue between people and places in Bulawayo.

摘要

在本文中，作者通过当代歌曲文本研究了津巴布韦布拉瓦约的地方和身份之间存在的共生关系。他们借用 Julia Kristeva 的互文性概念来追踪嵌入在歌曲文本中的空间文本指称的来源，并研究它们为身份的出现和巩固提供信息的方式。通过分析已故 Beatar Mangethe、Khuxxman 和 Lovemore“Majaivana”Tshuma 的精选歌曲文本，作者强调了这些精选歌曲文本定义和塑造了布拉瓦约镇的身份和阶级差异的空间感。最后，他们描述了描绘在 Mangethe、Khuxxman 和 Majaivana 歌唱的地方的人物的身份，从而突出了布拉瓦约人与地方之间的共生对话。