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Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader

  • Editor: Post, Jennifer C.

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Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction Jennifer C. Post
  • Part I Commodification and Consumption
  • 1. Sultans of Spin: Syrian Sacred Music on the World Stage Jonathan H. Shannon
  • 2. Sounds Like the Mall of America: Programmed Music and the Architectonics of Commercial Space Jonathan Sterne
  • Part II Cultural Tourism and Travel
  • 3. Culture, Tourism and Cultural Tourism: Boundaries and Frontiers in Performances of Balinese Music and Dance Peter Dunbar-Hall
  • 4. Folk Festival as Modern Ritual in the Polish Tatra Mountains Timothy J. Cooley
  • Part III Gender and Sexuality
  • 5. Taiko and the Asian/American Body: Drums, Rising Sun, and the Question of Gender Deborah Wong
  • 6. Empowering Self, Making Choices, Creating Spaces: Black Female Identity via Rap Music Performance Cheryl L. Keyes
  • 7. The Frame Drum in the Middle East: Women, Musical Instruments and Power Veronica Doubleday
  • Part IV Globalization and Glocalization
  • 8. On Redefining the 'Local' through World Music Jocelyne Guilbault
  • 9. The Canned Sardine Spirit Takes the Mic Marina Roseman
  • 10. A Musical Instrument Travels Around the World: Jenbe Playing in Bamako, West Africa, and Beyond Rainer Polak
  • Part V Media, Technology, and Technoculture
  • 11. Mozart in Mirrorshades: Ethnomusicology, Technology, and the Politics of Representation Rene T. A. Lysloff
  • 12. Technology and the Production of Islamic Space: The Call to Prayer in Singapore Tong Soon Lee
  • 13. Acting Up, Talking Tech: New York Rock Musicians and Their Metaphors of Technology Leslie C. Gay, Jr.
  • Part VI Nationalism and Transnationalism
  • 14. The Sonic Dimensions of Nationalism in Modern China: Musical Representation and Transformation Sue Tuohy
  • 15. Russia's New Anthem and the Negotiation of National Identity J. Martin Daughtry
  • 16. 'Mezanmi, Kouman Nou Ye? My Friends, How Are You?': Musical Constructions of the Haitian Transnation Gage Averill
  • 17. 'Indian' Music in the Diaspora: Case Studies of "Chutney" in Trinidad and in London Tina K. Ramnarine
  • Part VII Place and Embodiment
  • 18. The Embodiment of Salsa: Musicians, Instruments and the Performance of a Latin Style and Identity Patria Roman-Velazquez
  • 19. Dueling Landscapes: Singing Places and Identities in Highland Bolivia Tom Solomon
  • Part VIII Racial and Ethnic Identities
  • 20. American Indian Rap and Reggae: Dancing To the Beat of a Different Drummer' Neal Ullestad
  • 21. From 'I'm a Lapp' to 'I am Saami': Popular Music and Changing Images of Indigenous Ethnicity in Scandinavia Richard Jones-Bamman
  • Part IX Social and Political Action
  • 22. Cajun Music, Cultural Revival: Theorizing Political Action in Popular Music Mark Mattern
  • 23. Nitmiluk: Place and Empowerment in Australian Aboriginal Popular Music Chris Gibson and Peter Dunbar-Hall
  • 24. Culture, Conservation and Community Reconstruction: Explorations in Advocacy Ethnomusicology and Participatory Action Research in Northern KwaZulu Natal Angela Impey
  • Glossary Research resources Books and articles Audio recordings Video recordings Web sites
  • Index