Ethnicity, Identity and Music: The Musical Construction of Place
by:
Martin Stokes (author)
This book examines the significance of music in the construction of identities and ethnicities, and suggests ways to understand music as social practice. The authors focus on: the role of music in the construction of national and regional identities; the media and 'postmodern identity; ' concepts...
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This book examines the significance of music in the construction of identities and ethnicities, and suggests ways to understand music as social practice. The authors focus on: the role of music in the construction of national and regional identities; the media and 'postmodern identity; ' concepts of authenticity; aesthetics; meaning; performance; 'world music; ' and the use of music as a focus for discursive evocations of 'place.'
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781859730416 (1859730418)
Publish date: May 1st 1997
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 212
Edition language: English
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