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What is Island Musics about?
What does the music of Madagascar or Trinidad tell us about the islands themselves and their inhabitants? Is there something unique about 'island musics'? How does island music differ from its mainland counterparts? Drawing on a range of diverse examples from around the globe, this book examines the culture of island music and offers insight into local identities. Case studies look at how music, tradition, popular culture and islander life are linked in modern maritime societies. The islands covered include Crete, Ibiza, Zanzibar, Trinidad, Cuba, Madagascar and Papua New Guinea. In revealing the current practice behind modern island musics, the book considers the role of 'world music', exotica, global tourism, novels and travel writing in constructing fanciful images of islanders and island life. Island Musics throws into question some of our most basic notions and assumptions about island societies.<p> There are a number of problems common to all island societies that vary in significance depending on an island's size, demographics and its proximity to the mainland. Problems include remoteness and insularity, peripherality to centralized sites of decision-making, a limited range o
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- Author
- Kevin Dawe (editor)
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781474215015
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Nature, Music, History
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