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Godfrey . Ed(S): Baldacchino - Island Songs - 9780810881778 - V9780810881778
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Island Songs

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Description for Island Songs Hardback. Editor(s): Baldacchino, Godfrey. Num Pages: 340 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
Islands are concentrated "instances" of place, in every sense of the term. As such, there are no better candidates for observing and critiquing the dynamics of globalization. Through the close analysis of musical performance and traditions, the scholarly contributors to Island Songs provide a global review of how island songs, their lyrics, and their singers engage with the challenges of modernity, migration, and social change, uncovering common patterns notwithstanding the diversity and local specificity of their subjects. In this musical exploration of the world of islands, a shared and deep "sense of place" is celebrated in song. This collection of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810881778
SKU
V9780810881778
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Godfrey . Ed(S): Baldacchino
Godfrey Baldacchino is Canada Research Chair (Island Studies) at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada; Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Malta; and Founding Executive Editor of Island Studies Journal. He is a theme co-leader within the Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS) initiative, with core funding from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada. ... Read more

Reviews for Island Songs
This stellar collection of essays, edited by Godfrey Baldacchino, fills a gap in recent literature on song and its connection to island life...Island Songs is well organized, diverse, and thought-provoking. As part of the AIRS Project (Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing), the cumulative effect of these essays clearly demonstrates how song and music serve not only as important subjects in ... Read more

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