The performance, identity, and community in the United States Lornell, Kip 1953- editor. Rasmussen, Anne K. editor. text msu 2016 monographic eng

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425 p. : ill. "The music of multicultural America explores the intersection of performance, identity, and community in a wide range of musical expressions. Fifteen essays explore traditions that range from the Klezmer revival in New York, to Arab music in Detroit, to West Indian steelbands in Brooklyn, to Kathak music and dance in California, to Irish music in Boston, to powwows in the midwestern plains, to Hispanic and native musics of the Southwest borderlands. Many chapters demonstrate the processes involved in supporting, promoting, and reviving community music. Others highlight the ways in which such American institutions as city festivals or state and national folklife agencies come into play. Thirteen themes and processes outlined in the introduction unify the collection's fifteen case studies and suggest organizing frameworks for student projects. Due to the diversity of music profiled in the book--Mexican mariachi, African American gospel, Asian West Coast jazz, women's punk, French-American Cajun, and Anglo-American sacred harp--and to the methodology of fieldwork, ethnography, and academic activism described by the authors, the book is perfect for courses in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, folklore, and American studies"-- HKBU library edited by Kip Lornell and Anne K. Rasmussen. Includes index. YT2025 M10 Popular music United States History and criticism Music Social aspects United States MUSIC / Ethnomusicology SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ML3477 M985 2016 9781628462203 9781496803740 SDU 150520