Violins: Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds

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Chapter One - Anthropology and the Biography of a California Violin;
Chapter Two - Violins as Built Objects;
Chapter Three -Violins as Migrating Objects;
Chapter Four -Violins as Children's Objects;
Chapter Five -Violins as Prestige Objects; Glossary; References; Index

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Violins: Local Meanings, Globalized Sounds examines the violin as an object of meaning in a variety of cultural and historical contexts, and as a vehicle for introducing anthropological issues. Each chapter highlights concepts as taught in lower-level anthropology courses, and includes teaching and learning tools. Chapters range from a memoir-like social biography of a single instrument to explorations of violins in relation to technology, labor, the environment, migration, globalization, childhood, cultural understandings of talent and virtuosity, and prestige.

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