| Description |
xli, 297 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
English Caribbean : when people cannot talk, they sing / Ijahnya Christian -- Spanish Caribbean : liquid identities / Soraya Marcano -- French Caribbean : Adieu foulard, adieu madras : a sonic study in (post)colonialism / Yoko Oryu and Godfrey Baldacchino -- Cape Breton Island : living in the past? Gaelic language, song and competition / Heather Sparling -- Newfoundland : from Ron Hynes to Hey Rosetta! / Deatra Walsh -- Scotland's Hebrides : song and culture, transmission and transformation / Ray Burnett and Kathryn Burnett -- Jersey : Jerriais, song and language revitalization / Henry Johnson -- Papua New Guinea : popular music and the continuity of tradition : an ethnographic study of songs by the band Paramana Strangers / Oli Wilson -- Fiji islands : a sustainable future for sigidrigi? / Jennifer Cattermole -- Chiloe : an offshore song culture / Waldo Garrido and Philip Hayward -- Crete : souls of soil : island identity through song / Maria Hnaraki -- Sicily : navigating responses to global cultural patterns / Sergio Bonanzinga -- Aeolian islands : three singers, their folk songs and the interpretation of tradition / Cristoforo Garigliano -- Ibiza and Formentera : worlds of singers and songs / Judith R. Cohen -- Gotland : where "folk culture" and "island" overlap / Owe Ronstrom. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Singing -- Social aspects.
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Island people -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Island people -- Social life and customs.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Baldacchino, Godfrey.
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Advance Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (Project)
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780810881778 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780810881785 (electronic bk.) |
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