Music of the First Nations: Tradition and Innovation in Native North America (Music in American Life) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252087003 ISBN 13: 9780252087004

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2022

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 this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252087003
• ISBN 13: 9780252087004
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184
• Editor: Browner Tara