Week 4 - Sept 26, 28 & 30, 2011 - Traditions and post-traditions: challenging authenticity
- Mon, Wed, Fri: Lectures (case study: Central Asia)
Film screening: Invisible Face of the Beloved (Films - Music 102 2011)
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.
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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.
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Spinetti, Federico. "Tradition-based popular music in contemporary Tajikistan." In Theodore Levin (ed.) Central Asian Music Textbook. Forthcoming 2011. Find this article here: protected content
Further reading:
During, Jean. “Power, authority and music in the cultures of Inner Asia.” Ethnomusicology Forum, 14/2, 2005, pp. 143-164.
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