Boxing the Compass: A Century and a Half of Discourse About Sailor's Chanties: 6 (Occasional Papers in Folklore) - Softcover

Schreffler, Gibb

 
9781935243816: Boxing the Compass: A Century and a Half of Discourse About Sailor's Chanties: 6 (Occasional Papers in Folklore)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1935243810 ISBN 13: 9781935243816
Publisher: Loomis House Press, 2018

Synopsis

How do we know what we know about chanties? Beginning with the earliest sources, this book traces the history of writing about chanties — exploring the layers of discourse that have developed as authors and collectors have relied on, borrowed from, and contradicted those that came before them — creating an indispensible guide to the primary authors and sources through a century and a half of chanty literature.

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About the Author

Gibb Schreffler, Assistant Professor of Music at Pomona College, has research interests that span diverse musical-cultural areas, including vernacular music and dance of South Asia's Punjab region, historical work-songs of American maritime culture, and the aesthetics of Jamaican popular music.

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Publisher
Loomis House Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1935243810
ISBN 13 
9781935243816
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
116