Island Musics

Herausgeber: Dawe, Kevin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What does the music of Madagascar or Trinidad tell us about the islands themselves and their inhabitants? Is there something unique about island musics? How does island music differ from its mainland counterparts? Drawing on a range of diverse examples from around the globe, this book examines the culture of island music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 217
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781859737033
• ISBN-10: 185973703X
• Artikelnr.: 21221418

Autorenporträt

Kevin Dawe Lecturer,School of Music, University of Leeds

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Islands and Music Studies 1 Don't Rock the Boat - Sing!
Maintaining Balance within a Coral Atoll Community 2 Spitting into the
Wind: Multi-edged Environmentalism in Malagasy Song 3 Island Musicians:
Making a Living from Music in Crete 4 'Ay Díos, Ampárame' (O God, Protect
Me): Music in Cuba during the 1990s, the 'Special Period' 5 Chindo Music:
Creating a Korean Cultural Paradise 6 'Chilled Ibiza': Dance Tourism and
the Neo-tribal Island Community 7 Mainland Torres Strait Islander
Songwriters and the 'Magical Islands' of the Torres Strait: Songs as
Identity Narratives 8 Music in the Diasporic Imagination and the
Performance of Cultural (Dis)placement in Trinidad 9 Between Mainland and
Sea: The Taarab Music of Zanzibar