Romani routes : cultural politics and Balkan music in diaspora / Carol Silverman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780195300949; 9780199832781
Subjects: Romanies; Folk music; History and criticism; Music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Balkan Roma : history, politics, and performance ; Musical styles and genres ; Dilemmas of diaspora, hybridity, and identity; title: Music in diasporic homes. Transnational families ; Transnational celebrations ; Transnational dance; title: Music, states, and markets. Dilemmas of heritage and the Bulgarian socialist state ; Cultural politics of postsocialist markets and festivals ; Bulgarian pop/folk : chalga; title: Musicians in transit. Esma Redžepova : queen of Gypsy music ; Yuri Yunakov : saxophonist, refugee, citizen ; Romani music as world music ; Collaboration, appropriation, and transnational flows.