Bigenho Intimate Distance

Andean Music in Japan
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9531-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten

This is a book about Andean music, its reception in Japan, and the resultant transcultural connection. Michelle Bigenho toured Japan with Bolivian musicians and dancers and describes how the two nationalites connected with each other through song and dance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bigenho, Michelle

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

1. Setting the Transnational Stage 1

2. "What's Up with You, Condor?": Performing Indigeneities 32

3. "The Chinese Food of Ethnic Music": Work and Value in Musical Otherness 60

4. A Hobby, a Sojourn, and a Job 91

5. Intimate Distance 122

6. Gringa in Japan 149

7. Conclusion: One's Own Music, Someone Else's Nation 167

Notes 179

Bibliography 201

Index 219

Über Autor(innen)

Michelle Bigenho is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Hampshire College. She is the author of Sounding Indigenous: Authenticity in Bolivian Music Performance.