Ethnomusicologizing : essays on music in the new paradigms / William C. Banfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banfield, Bill, author.

Series:

African American Cultural Theory and Heritage.

African American Cultural Theory and Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music--Music.

African Americans.

Ethnomusicology.

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Ethnomusicologizing contains writings on contemporary music and culture studies. In this work, Banfield instructs readers in the ways by which we may better appreciate and understand creative artistry and process, and their relation to history and its meaning.

Contents:

CONTENTS; A NOTE OF DEFINITION; PRELUDE: Keeping the Core Creative Spirit-Soul; Part I. THEORY: Aesthetic Theories, Teaching, and Approaches; CHAPTER ONE. ETHNOMUSICOLOGIZING AND CULTURAL RELEVANCY; CHAPTER TWO. ETHNOMUSICOLOGY STUDIES IN MUSIC CULTURE; CHAPTER THREE. POPULAR MUSIC CULTURE: How to Teach and Reach within Popular Music; CHAPTER FOUR. (BLACK) MUSIC MATTERS; CHAPTER FIVE. NOTES FROM CUBA: November 2012-February 2013; CHAPTER SIX. THE "I" THEORY; Photospread 1; Part II. HISTORY: Backbones and Songs; CHAPTER SEVEN. A PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY, 1948-2014

CHAPTER EIGHT. AMERICAN MAVERICKS: InterviewCHAPTER NINE. HARLEM RENAISSANCE, 1920-1935: Artistry, Aesthetics, Politics, and Popular Culture; Photospread 2; INTERLUDES; Photospread 3; CHAPTER TEN. LETTERS; CHAPTER ELEVEN. "YOU REALLY SHOULD GIVE ME SOME MONEY"; Part III. CULTURE: New Standards, Cultural Critique; CHAPTER TWELVE. WAKE UP! WHAT TIME IS IT REALLY? WHO TURNS IT UP, DOWN, AND BACK?: Values on the Cultural Dial; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. DOES OUR MUSIC STILL BRING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY?; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. ON THE CRISIS IN THE POPULAR ARTS AND SOCIETY: Steps Ahead

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. GEORGE LEWIS REVIEWCHAPTER SIXTEEN. DON'T USE THE "J-WORD": Jazz and Its Connections to Culture and Meaning; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. CULTURE REFLECTIONS OF A CITIZEN: Can Somebody Wake Me Up?; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. HEALING AND ESCAPE FROM ZOMBIELAND; CHAPTER NINETEEN. CRITICAL CULTURAL CONCERNS TODAY; CHAPTER TWENTY. THE SONGS WE NEED TO BE HEARING AGAIN: Music Culture and a Musician's Credo to Citizenry; Photospread 4; POSTLUDE: Afterthought on Ethnomusicologizing; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

979-88-8182-522-5

1-4422-2972-1