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Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free
Adelaida Reyes
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Description for Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free
Paperback. Brings history, politics, and research to the author's study of four resettlement communities, including refugee centers in Palawan and Bataan, the early refugee community in New Jersey, and the largest of all Vietnamese communities Little Saigon, in southern California's Orange County. This title looks at diasporic Vietnamese in each location. Num Pages: 218 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 3 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD; JFFN; JHBT; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 300.
Sad songs and love songs. For Vietnamese refugees who fled Vietnam after the 1975 takeover by the Viet Cong, the predominant music of choice falls into these two general categories rather than any particular musical genre. In fact, Adelaida Reyes discovers, music that exiles call \u0022Vietnamese music\u0022 -- that is, music sung in Vietnamese and almost exclusively written before 1975 -- includes such varied influences as Western rock, French-derived valse, Latin chacha, tango, bolero, an d paso doble. The Vietnamese refugee experience calls attention to issues commonly raised by migration: the redefinition of group relations, the reformulation of identity, and ... Read more
Sad songs and love songs. For Vietnamese refugees who fled Vietnam after the 1975 takeover by the Viet Cong, the predominant music of choice falls into these two general categories rather than any particular musical genre. In fact, Adelaida Reyes discovers, music that exiles call \u0022Vietnamese music\u0022 -- that is, music sung in Vietnamese and almost exclusively written before 1975 -- includes such varied influences as Western rock, French-derived valse, Latin chacha, tango, bolero, an d paso doble. The Vietnamese refugee experience calls attention to issues commonly raised by migration: the redefinition of group relations, the reformulation of identity, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566396868
SKU
V9781566396868
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About Adelaida Reyes
Adelaida Reyes is a leading ethnomusicologist and Professor Emerita of Music at New Jersey City University. During her years of teaching at Columbia University, she led the development of urban ethnomusicology as a field of study.
Reviews for Songs of the Caged, Songs of the Free
...excels as an ethnographic study of the emergent meanings of music of Vietnamese communities in different social contexts. It is also a good example of how to conceptualize human experiences in and through music. -Asian Music ...an incisive study of Vietnamese and their music-making as refugees in the US....a nuanced ethno-musicological study... -American Studies ... Read more