Disaster Songs as Intangible Memorials in Atlantic Canada

ISBN: 9781032111209 (1032111208)
Edition Type: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor &amp; Francis
Pages: 218
Date Published: 30th Dec 2022
Series: SOAS Studies in Music Series

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Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Formal Memorials, Vernacular Memorials, and Disaster Songs
Chapter 3Going Down in History: The Story of Disaster Songs
Chapter 4Locating Meaning: The Place of Disasters in Songs
Chapter 5Spontaneity & Ephemerality: The Timing of Memorialization
Chapter 6Social Significance: The Motivation to Create Disaster Songs
Chapter 7Personal Motivations: Relationships & Grief
Chapter 8News & Social Media: Inspiring, Informing, and Disseminating Disaster Songs
Chapter 9Conclusion
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Disaster Songs as Intangible Memorials in Atlantic Canada draws on a collection of over 600 songs relating to Atlantic Canadian disasters from 1891 up until the present and describes the characteristics that define them as intangible memorials. The book demonstrates the relationship between vernacular memorials – informal memorials collectively and spontaneously created from a variety of objects by the general public – and disaster songs. The author identifies the features that define vernacular memorials and applies them to disaster songs: spontaneity, ephemerality, importance of place, motivations and meaning-making, content, as well as the role of media in inspiring and disseminating memorials and songs. Visit the companion website: www.disastersongs.ca.

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