Music of the First Nations: Tradition and Innovation in Native North America

Music of the First Nations: Tradition and Innovation in Native North America
ISBN-10
0252090659
ISBN-13
9780252090653
Category
Music
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2010-10-01
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Author
Tara Browner

Description

This unique anthology presents a wide variety of approaches to an ethnomusicology of Inuit and Native North American musical expression. Contributors include Native and non-Native scholars who provide erudite and illuminating perspectives on aboriginal culture, incorporating both traditional practices and contemporary musical influences. Gathering scholarship on a realm of intense interest but little previous publication, this collection promises to revitalize the study of Native music in North America, an area of ethnomusicology that stands to benefit greatly from these scholars' cooperative, community-oriented methods. Contributors are T. Christopher Aplin, Tara Browner, Paula Conlon, David E. Draper, Elaine Keillor, Lucy Lafferty, Franziska von Rosen, David Samuels, Laurel Sercombe, and Judith Vander.

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