Sound Alliances
Subtitle: Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Politics and Popular Music in the Pacific
Publisher: Cassell
Published: November 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780304700509
Subjects: Folk music; Indigenous peoples; Rock & pop; Music; Sociology; South Pacific; Anthropology - Cultural; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Ethnomusicology; History and criticism; Pacific Area; Popular music
Description: "An anthology of essays on the new syncretic, or 'fusion', styles of music of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific region, who have adopted forms of popular music as an expression of their cultural identity. Its strength lies in the layering up of a sense of community of inquiry, and the fostering of an intertextual head of steam, grounded in a set of empirical, rather than theoretical, concerns. It considers the interrelation between music, popular culture, politics and (national) identity, but also looks at the business aspect of producing and distributing music in the Pacific region."--