Week 5 - Popular traditions of Central Asia: contexts and meanings
Monday, February 4: Folk & popular musics of Tajikistan
Assigned readings: browse the entry “Tajikistan” in Grove Music Online & read Slobin 1976: 21-26, 124-125, 204-211.
Wednesday, February 6: Continued & viewing: “Wedding”.
Friday, February 8: Music in context; globalization & media.
Assigned readings: Spinetti 2005.
Further readings: Spinetti 2006: chapters 4 & 5. Lysloff & Gay 2003: Introduction.