Description
This distinctive anthology presents all kinds of approaches to an ethnomusicology of Inuit and Native North American musical expression. Contributors come with Native and non-Native scholars who supply erudite and illuminating perspectives on aboriginal culture, incorporating both traditional practices and recent musical influences. Gathering scholarship on a realm of intense interest but little previous publication, this collection promises to revitalize the have a look at of Native music in North The usa, a space of ethnomusicology that stands to learn greatly from these scholars’ cooperative, community-oriented strategies.
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.