Music of the First Nations : Tradition and Innovation in Native North America

Browner, Tara (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0252022211 / ISBN 13: 9780252022210

Published by University of Illinois Press, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Music of the First Nations : Tradition and Innovation in Native North America
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252022211
• ISBN 13: 9780252022210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This unique anthology presents a wide variety of approaches to an ethnomusicology of Inuit and Native North American musical expression. Contributors include Native and non-Native scholars who provide erudite and illuminating perspectives on aboriginal culture, incorporating both traditional practices and contemporary musical influences. Gathering scholarship on a realm of intense interest but little previous publication, this collection promises to revitalize the study of Native music in North America, an area of ethnomusicology that stands to benefit greatly from these scholars' cooperative, community-oriented methods.

Contributors are T. Christopher Aplin, Tara Browner, Paula Conlon, David E. Draper, Elaine Keillor, Lucy Lafferty, Franziska von Rosen, David Samuels, Laurel Sercombe, and Judith Vander.

About the Author

Tara Browner is a professor of ethnomusicology and American Indian studies at UCLA and the author of Heartbeat of the People: Music and Dance of the Northern Pow-Wow.