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Ethnicity identity and music : the musical construction of place / Edited by Martin Stokes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ethnic identities seriesPublication details: Oxford : Berg, 1997.Description: x, 212 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1859730418
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Contents:
Introduction: ethnicity, identity and music / Martin Stokes -- Thoughts on Celtic music / Malcolm Chapman -- The role of music in the creation of an Afghan national identity, 1923-73 / John Baily -- National anthems: the case of Chopin as a national composer / Zdzislaw Mach -- Macunaima's music: national identity and ethnomusicological research in Brazil / Suzel Ana Reily -- Place, exchange and meaning: Black Sea musicians in the west of Ireland / Martin Stokes -- Identity, place and the 'Liverpool sound' / Sara Cohen -- 'The land is our märr (essence), it stays forever': the yothu-yindi relationship in Australian aboriginal traditional and popular musics / Fiona Magowan -- Perssonal and collective identity in Kalasha song performance: the significance of music-making in a minority enclave / Peter Parkes -- Music, literature and etiquette: musical instruments and social identity from Castiglione to Austen / Hélène La Rue
Summary: Series of essays examining significance of music in construction of identity and ethnicity.
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Books Books VWML MG 15 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only 13870

First published 1994.

Introduction: ethnicity, identity and music / Martin Stokes -- Thoughts on Celtic music / Malcolm Chapman -- The role of music in the creation of an Afghan national identity, 1923-73 / John Baily -- National anthems: the case of Chopin as a national composer / Zdzislaw Mach -- Macunaima's music: national identity and ethnomusicological research in Brazil / Suzel Ana Reily -- Place, exchange and meaning: Black Sea musicians in the west of Ireland / Martin Stokes -- Identity, place and the 'Liverpool sound' / Sara Cohen -- 'The land is our märr (essence), it stays forever': the yothu-yindi relationship in Australian aboriginal traditional and popular musics / Fiona Magowan -- Perssonal and collective identity in Kalasha song performance: the significance of music-making in a minority enclave / Peter Parkes -- Music, literature and etiquette: musical instruments and social identity from Castiglione to Austen / Hélène La Rue

Series of essays examining significance of music in construction of identity and ethnicity.