Music, longing and belonging : articulations of the self and the other in the musical realm / edited by Magdalena Waligórska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waligórska, Magdalena, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Group identity.

Musicians--Social networks.

Musicians.

Music fans--Social networks.

Music fans.

Music and transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With contributions from musicologists, historians, sociologists, anthropologists and literary scholars, this book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on how different modes of musical sociability - ranging from opera performances to collective singing and internet fan communities - inspire ""imagined communities"" that not only transcend national borders, but also challenge the boundaries between the self and the other. While the relationship between music and nationhood has been widely r...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE - PERFORMING THE SELF, PERFORMING THE OTHER; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART TWO - MUSIC AND TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART THREE - MUSIC, DIASPORA AND DISPLACEMENT; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART FOUR - MUSIC AND GENDERED IDENTITY; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 29, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6949-X

OCLC:

893739640