Music in Pacific Island Cultures: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
- Author: Diettrich, Brian
- Author: Moulin, Jane Freeman
- Author: Webb, Michael
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Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Orthography and Pronunciation
- CD Track List
- Prologue
- CHAPTER 1: DIVERSITY IN PACIFIC ISLAND MUSICS
- Polynesia
- Music as Words
- Communities of Sound
- Micronesia
- Music and Dance Practices
- Music as Expressions and Sentiment
- Music as Cultural Heritage and Identity
- Melanesia
- The Multi-Art Ceremony
- Materials and Musical Instruments
- Pidgin Languages and Music
- Summary
- CHAPTER 2: MUSIC AND COLONIAL EXPERIENCES
- Introduction
- Micronesia
- Early Colonial Appropriations
- Interfaces with Japan
- Interfaces with the United States
- Melanesia
- Ceremonial Culture as Folklore
- Time, Authority, and Militarism
- The Singing Cowboy and the Individual Self
- Polynesia
- Reconfiguring Celebration
- Himene Tarava
- Music for the Dance
- CHAPTER 3: MUSICAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE SACRED
- Introduction
- Polynesia
- Music in the Eglise Protestante Ma'oi
- Himene Tarava as Polynesian Hymnody
- Micronesia
- Music and Christian Worship
- Religious Music across Time
- Music and Indigenous Spiritual Practices
- Innovations in Contemporary Christian Music
- Melanesia
- Sound as Spirit Voices
- Christian Hymnody in Vanuatu
- Cargo Cults
- Summary
- CHAPTER 4: MUSIC AND GLOBAL FLOW
- Introduction
- Melanesia
- String Band
- Ailan Reggae
- Pop-Tribal Fusion Music
- Polynesia
- Island Songs
- Fusing Polynesian Cultures
- Haka Travels
- Micronesia
- Musical Networks across Pacific Boundaries
- Exchanging and Appropriating Dances
- Music and Migrant Communities in Hawai'i
- The Flow of Popular Music
- Summary
- CHAPTER 5: MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, AND REPRESENTATION
- Introduction
- Polynesia
- Tourism and the Hotel Show
- Festivalization and Cultural Tourism
- Melanesia
- The Cultural Festival for Community Benefit
- Melanesian Identity and the World Music Festival
- Melanesian Identity as Pacific Identity
- Micronesia
- Representations from Beyond the Pacific
- Performances for Pacific Island Others and Selves
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- References
- Resources
- Index