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Music and Cultural Rights
Andrew Weintraub
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Description for Music and Cultural Rights
Paperback. A collection of essays that illustrates the ways in which music - as a cultural practice, a commercial product, and an aesthetic form - has become enmeshed in debates about human rights, international law, and struggles for social justice. Editor(s): Weintraub, Andrew N.; Yung, Bell. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Framing timely and pressing questions concerning music and cultural rights, this collection illustrates the ways in which music--as a cultural practice, a commercial product, and an aesthetic form--has become enmeshed in debates about human rights, international law, and struggles for social justice. The essays in this volume examine how interpretations of cultural rights vary across societies; how definitions of rights have evolved; and how rights have been invoked in relation to social struggles over cultural access, use, representation, and ownership. The individual case studies, many of them based on ethnographic field research, demonstrate how musical aspects of cultural rights play ... Read more
Framing timely and pressing questions concerning music and cultural rights, this collection illustrates the ways in which music--as a cultural practice, a commercial product, and an aesthetic form--has become enmeshed in debates about human rights, international law, and struggles for social justice. The essays in this volume examine how interpretations of cultural rights vary across societies; how definitions of rights have evolved; and how rights have been invoked in relation to social struggles over cultural access, use, representation, and ownership. The individual case studies, many of them based on ethnographic field research, demonstrate how musical aspects of cultural rights play ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076626
SKU
V9780252076626
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About Andrew Weintraub
Andrew N. Weintraub is an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java.Bell Yung is a professor of music, the former director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, and the author of The Last of China's Literati: The Music, Poetry, and Life ... Read more
Reviews for Music and Cultural Rights
"Illuminating and thought provoking. Music and Cultural Rights will challenge musicians, music scholars, and music educators to reexamine their preconceived notions of culture, music's purpose within culture, and the social responsibilities that come when using this music."
Music Educators Journal "The best perspective to date on the issues of music and cultural rights. This anthology speaks to the many scholars who ... Read more
Music Educators Journal "The best perspective to date on the issues of music and cultural rights. This anthology speaks to the many scholars who ... Read more