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Title:
Ethnomusicology : a contemporary reader / edited by Jennifer C. Post.
Author:
Post, Jennifer C.
Publication Information:
New York : Routledge, 2006.
Call Number:
ML3799 .E79 2006
Abstract:
Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader is designed to supplement a textbook for an introductory course in ethnomusicology. It offers a cross section of the best new writing in the field from the last 15-20 years. Many instructors supplement textbook readings and listening assignments with scholarly articles that provide more in-depth information on geographic regions and topics and introduce issues that can facilitate class or small group discussion. These sources serve other purposes as well: they exemplify research technique and format and serve as models for the use of academic language, and collectively they can also illustrate the range of ethnographic method and analytical style in the discipline of ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader serves as a basic introduction to the best writing in the field for students, professors, and music professionals. It is perfect for both introductory and upper level courses in world music [Publisher description].
ISBN:
9780415972031

9780415972048

9781138217881
Physical Description:
xii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Contents:
Commodification and consumption -- Sultans of spin : Syrian sacred music on the world stage / Sounds like the Mall of America : programmed music and the architectonics of commercial space / Cultural tourism and travel -- Culture, tourism, and cultural tourism : boundaries and frontiers in performances of Balinese music and dance / Folk festival as modern ritual in the Polish Tatra Mountains / Gender and sexuality -- Taiko and the Asian/ Empowering self, making choices, creating spaces : black female identity via rap music performance / The frame drum in the Middle East : women, musical instruments, and power / Globalization and glocalization -- On redefining the 'local' through world music / The canned sardine spirit takes the mic / A musical instrument travels around the world : jenbe playing in Bamako, West Africa, and beyond ; Rainer Polak -- Media, technology, and technoculture -- Mozart in mirrorshades : ethnomusicology, technology, and the politics of representation / Technology and the production of Islamic space : the call to prayer in Singapore / Acting up, talking tech : New York rock musicians and their metaphors of technology / Nationalism and transnationalism -- The sonic dimensions of nationalism in modern China : musical representation and transformation / Russia's new anthem and the negotiation of national identity / 'Mezanmi, kouman nou ye? : my friends, how are you?' : musical constructions of the Haitian transnation / 'Indian' music in the diaspora : case studies of "chutney" in Trinidad and in London / Place and embodiment. The embodiment of salsa : musicians, instruments, and the performance of a Latin style and identity / Dueling landscapes : singing places and identities in Highland Bolivia / Racial and ethnic identities -- American Indian rap and reggae : dancing to the beat of a different drummer / From 'I'm a Lapp' to 'I am Saami' : popular music and changing images of indigenous ethnicity in Scandinavia / Social and political action -- Cajun music, cultural revival : theorizing political action in popular music / Nitmiluk : place and empowerment in Australian Aboriginal popular music / Culture, conservation, and community reconstruction : explorations in advocacy ethnomusicology and participatory action research in northern KwaZulu Natal
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