Music as social life : the politics of participation / Thomas Turino.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Turino, Thomas.

Series:

• Chicago studies in ethnomusicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Music--Social aspects.
• Folk music--Southern States.
• Folk music.
• Southern States.
• Folk music--Peru--Andes Region.
• Music--Zimbabwe.
• Music.
• Zimbabwe.
• Peru.
• Andes Region.
• Ethnic music recordings--Southern States.
• Ethnic music recordings--Peru--Andes Region.
• Ethnic music recordings--Zimbabwe.

Local Subjects:

• Ethnic music recordings--Southern States.
• Ethnic music recordings--Peru--Andes Region.
• Ethnic music recordings--Zimbabwe.

Physical Description:

xviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Contents:

• Introduction : why music matters
• Participatory and presentational performance
• The recording fields : high fidelity and studio audio art
• Habits of the self, identity, and culture
• Participatory, presentational, and high fidelity music in Zimbabwe
• Old-time music and dance : cultural cohorts and cultural formations
• Music and political movements
• For love or money.
• Contents of compact disc: Elzic's farewell : traditional (Euphor Stringband)
• Home is where the heart is / C. Gately ; J. Talley (Cletus and the Barnburners)
• Carnival Pinkillu : indigenous Andean flute (Aymara musicians of Moho, Peru)
• Saqsahumanpi/Valicha/Capuliñawi Cusqueñita (Takiy Orqo)
• Taimbureva : mbira music (Emmanuel Chiczere, David Mapfumo, mbira ; Piyo Murungweni, hosho, vocals)
• Shuramurove : dandanda, dance-drumming music
• 0000 : for vour-channel electroacoustic music : stereo version / David Psenicka
• Shorten' bread (School choir from Umtali, Zimbabwe)
• Ewe Dudu (De Black Evening Follies)
• Jerusarema dance (Murehwa Jerusarema and Burial Society).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245), discography (pages 247-249), and index.

ISBN:

• 9780226816975
• 0226816974
• 9780226816982
• 0226816982

OCLC:

183610250

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• Publisher description