Island musics
By: edited by Kevin Dawe.
Contributors: Dawe, Kevin.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: World music -- History and criticism; Ethnomusicology; Islands
Description: "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 of natural resources, specialization of economics, small markets, a narrow skills base, poor infrastructure and environmental fragility. These issues are discussed in relation to the creation of music in the construction of an islander identity. Of particular interest is the way in which islanders discuss their music and how it articulates the idea of the 'other' diaspora. Finally, Island Musics considers the musical industry, music education and the preservation of musical cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Don't rock the boat, sing! : maintaining balance within a Coral Atoll community / Richard M. Moyle; title: Spitting into the wind : multi-edged environmentalism in Malagasy song / Ron Emoff; title: Island musicians : making a living from music in Crete / Kevin Dawe; title: 'Ay díos, Amparame' (O God, protect me) : music in Cuba during the 1990s, the 'Special Period' / Jan Fairley; title: Chindo music : creating a Korean cultural paradise /  Keith Howard; title: 'Chilled Ibiza' : dance tourism and the neo-tribal island community / Andy Bennett; title: Mainland Torres Strait islander songwriters and the 'magical islands' of the Torres Strait : songs as identity narratives / Chris Lawe-Davies and Karen Neuenfeldt; title: Music in the diasporic imagination and the performance of cultural (dis)placement in Trinidad / Tina K. Ramnarine; title: Between mainland and sea : the Taarab music of Zanzibar / Werner Graebner; title: British Islands : an obsession of British composers / Fiona Richards.