| Series |
Europea ; no. 5
Europea ; no. 5. ^A563592
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| Contents |
Island culture, traditional song, and the Corsican sound: historical and conceptual roots. Histories and identities: the island and its people ; Songs of the oral tradition: genres and contexts ; The Corsican sound and the power of song -- Mobilizing tradition in a secular age: cultural identity and musical reincarnations. Traditional music, chanson, and folklore c. 1920-1970: the challenge of modernity ; The riacquistu: cultural associations, musical militants, and the generation of 1970 ; Cultural development and polyphonic renaissance in the 1980s -- Bridging worlds: contemporary voices, local realities, and transnational processes. Multiculturalism, world music, métissage, and polyphony: navigating transnational spaces ; Corsican identity in the new Europe: mediterraneanism, cultural policy, and support for creative development ; Professional groups, performance culture, and the living tradition in a new millennium. |
| Abstract |
This book represents the first English-language treatise on Corsican-music, chronicling the evolution of Corsican music from the early 20th century to the present and charting its progression from the world of oral tradition to a vibrant new performance culture maintained by an expanding cohort of cosmopolitan players. Drawing on extensile fieldwork, comprehensive interviews, and close observation of Corsican affairs, the author maps out the social, cultural economic and political climate of Corsica in the 20th and early 21st centuries offering insights into the way French cultural policy, decentralization legislation and European Union funding structures have affected musical activity on the island. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299), discography (pages 275-279), filmography (page 281), and index. |
| LCCN | 2007003013 |
| ISBN | 9780810859388 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780810854390 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810859386 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810854392 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
