Ethnicity, identity, and music : the musical construction of place / edited by Martin Stokes

Oxford ; Providence, RI : Berg, 1994. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: [160]p: Ill; 22cm. Summary: This book examines the significance of music in the construction of identities and ethnicities, and suggests ways to understand music as social practice. The authors focus on: the role of music in the construction of national and regional identities; the media and 'postmodern identity'; concepts of authenticity; aesthetics; meaning; performance; 'world music'; and the use of music as a focus for discursive evocations of 'place'. The chapters tackle a wide range of subjects including 16th century etiquette, Celtic music and Chopin. The volume will be of interest to social anthropologists, and those working in the fields of cultural studies, politics, gender studies, ethnomusicology, folklore and musicology. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Music, ethnicity, and identity / Martin Stokes -- Thoughts on Celtic music / Malcolm Chapman -- The role of music in the creation of an Afghan national identity / John Baily -- National anthem: the case of Chopin as a national composer / Zdzislaw Mach -- Macunai �ma's music: national identity and ethnomusicological research in Brazil / Suzel Ana Reily -- Place, meaning, and exchange: Black Sea Turks in Ireland / Martin Stokes -- Identity, place, and the ""Liverpool sound"" / Sara Cohen -- ""This land is our ma �rr (essence), it stays forever"": the yothu-yindi relationship in Australian aboriginal traditional and popular musics / Fiona Magowan -- Music, literature, and etiquette: musical instruments and social identity from Castiglione to Austen / He �le �ne La Rue. Subjects: Music and anthropology. Ethnomusicology. Ethnicity. Folklore and nationalism. Genre: Bibliography.