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Contemporary Dance Music
Cretan Musicians
Cuban Music
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Diasporic Imagination
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Ibiza Club
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Island Musicians
Island musics
Korean Traditional Performing Arts
Le Eres
Les Travailleurs De La Mer
Los Van Van
Malagasy People
maritime anthropology
modern maritime societies
music and diaspora studies
music tradition preservation in islands
musical cultural heritage
natural resources
Nueva Trova
Song Poetry
South Uist
Ssikkim Kut
St George's Island
St George’s Island
Taarab Music
Timba Music
Torres Strait Region
Traditional Scottish Musics
Van Koningsbruggen
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781859737033
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 and offers insight into local identities. Case studies look at how music, tradition, popular culture and islander life are linked in modern maritime societies. The islands covered include Crete, Ibiza, Zanzibar, Trinidad, Cuba, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea. In revealing the current practice behind modern island musics, the book considers the role of world music, exotica, global tourism, novels and travel writing in constructing fanciful images of islanders and island life. Island Musics throws into question some of our most basic notions and assumptions about island societies. There are a number of problems common to all island societies that vary in significance depending on an islands size, demographics and its proximity to the mainland. Problems include remoteness and insularity, peripherality to centralized sites of decision-making, a limited range of natural resources, specialization of economics, small markets, a narrow skills base, poor infrastructure and environmental fragility. These issues are discussed in relation to the creation of music in the construction of an islander identity. Of particular interest is the way in which islanders discuss their music and how it articulates the idea of the other and diaspora. Finally, Island Musics considers the musical industry, music education and the preservation of musical cultural heritage.
Kevin Dawe Lecturer,School of Music, University of Leeds
