Week 3 - Sept 27, 29, Oct 1 - Traditions and post-traditions: challenging authenticity
- Mon, Wed, Fri: Lectures (case study: Central Asia)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Levin, Theodore. “Central Asia; Overview.” In Virginia Danielson (ed.), Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Volume 6: The Middle East. London/New York: Routledge, pp. 895-906.
Additional reading:
Spinetti, Federico. “Open Borders: Tradition and Tajik Popular Music: Questions of Aesthetics, Identity and Political Economy.” Ethnomusicology Forum, 14/2, 2005, pp. 185-211.
OR
Spinetti, Federico. "Tradition-based popular music in contemporary Tajikistan." In Theodore Levin (ed.) Central Asian Music Textbook. Forthcoming 2011.
Further reading:
During, Jean. “Power, authority and music in the cultures of Inner Asia.” Ethnomusicology Forum, 14/2, 2005, pp. 143-164.
