Romani routes : cultural politics and Balkan music in diaspora / Carol Silverman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silverman, Carol, author.

Series:

American musicspheres.

American musicspheres

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanies--Music--History and criticism.

Romanies.

Folk music--Balkan Peninsula--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cultural politics and Balkan music in diaspora

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a timely and insightful view into Romani communities both in their home countries and in the diaspora. Over the past two decades, a steady stream of recordings, videos, feature films, festivals, and concerts has presented the music of Balkan Gypsies, or Roma, to Western audiences, who have greeted them with exceptional enthusiasm. Yet, as author Carol Silverman notes, Roma are revered as musicians and reviled as people. In this book, Silverman introduces readers to the people and cultures who produce this music, offering a sensitive and incisive analysis of how Romani musicians address the challenges of discrimination. Focusing on southeastern Europe then moving to the diaspora, her book examines the music within Romani communities, the lives and careers of outstanding musicians, and the marketing of music in the electronic media and'world music'concert circuit. Silverman touches on the way that the Roma exemplify many qualities--adaptability, cultural hybridity, transnationalism--that are taken to characterize late modern experience. And rather than just celebrating these qualities, she presents the musicians as complicated, pragmatic individuals who work creatively within the many constraints that inform their lives.

Contents:

Introduction. Balkan Roma : history, politics, and performance ; Musical styles and genres ; Dilemmas of diaspora, hybridity, and identity

Music in diasporic homes. Transnational families ; Transnational celebrations ; Transnational dance

Music, states, and markets. Dilemmas of heritage and the Bulgarian socialist state ; Cultural politics of postsocialist markets and festivals ; Bulgarian pop/folk : chalga

Musicians in transit. Esma Redžepova : queen of Gypsy music ; Yuri Yunakov : saxophonist, refugee, citizen ; Romani music as world music ; Collaboration, appropriation, and transnational flows.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-364).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780199913350

0199913358

9780199358847

0199358842

9780199910229

0199910227

OCLC:

903900697

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32815 hdl