The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada (Music in American Life) - Hardcover

Mishler, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252019962 ISBN 13: 9780252019968

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1993

Synopsis

Named for a popular local fiddle tune, The Crooked Stovepipe is a rollicking, detailed, first-ever study of the indigenous fiddle music and social dancing enjoyed by the Gwich'in Athapskan Indians and other tribal groups in northeast Alaska, the Yukon, and the northwest territories. Though the music has obvious roots in the British Isles, French Canada, and the American South, the Gwich'in have used it in shaping their own aesthetic, which is apparent in their choice of fiddle tunings, bowing techniques, foot clogging, and a distinctively stratified tune repertoire.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0252019962
• ISBN 13: 9780252019968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256