Week 7 - Oct 17, 19 & 21, 2011 - Music, identity and nationhood
- Mon: Lecture (case study: Nigeria)
- Wed: Film screening: Crossing the Bridge: The sound of Istanbul, by Fatih Akin
- Fri: Lecture (case study: Bosnia)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Waterman, Christopher. “‘Our tradition is a very modern tradition’: popular music and the construction of pan-Yoruba identity.” Ethnomusicology, 34/3, 1990, pp. 367-379.
YouTube links for this class:
King Sunny Ade (juju): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6TaMN1S9U
King Sunny Ade (juju): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osNAy1DNkOQ
Fela Kuti (afrobeat): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AA6EuZe-k
Youssou N'Dour (Senegal, mbalax): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH8koG6brAQ
Additional reading:
Lausevic, Mirjana. “The ilahiya as a symbol of Bosnian Muslim national identity.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Retuning Culture: Musical Changes in Central and Eastern Europe. Durham: Duke University Press, 1996.
YouTube links for this class
Sevdalinka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKa2_6NCe0
Ismet Agovic (sevdalinka): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IWJYS_m8c
Ilahiya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LddgMH8bD3g
Ilahiya: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAUZrHnJQxI
Further reading (film reading):
Solomon, Thomas. “‘Living underground is tough’: authenticity and locality in the hip-hop community in Istanbul, Turkey.” Popular Music, 24/1, 2005, pp. 1-20.
