Landscapes of Indigenous Performance - Music and dance of the Torres Strait and Arnhem Land (Paperback)

Indigenous Music and Dance explores a range of Indigenous music and dance forms and performances in the Torres Strait and tropical Northern Territory. It reveals the way traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control and, more recently, to other external forces. The book explores the way musical past and present exist as a continuum of creativity and the contested nature of contemporary cultural performances. In addition, this book looks at the cross-cultural issues of recording and teaching music and dance. Individual contributors, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, demonstrate how local music and dance have been subjected to missionary, institutional, popular and global influences. They provide a cultural background and history of Torres Strait music and discuss how contemporary Christian music and dance in Arnhem Land incorporates traditional ritual. They unpack the complex form and structure of an Australian Aboriginal song series and examine the transformation of

General

Imprint:	Aboriginal Studies Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Fiona Magowan • Karl Neuenfeldt
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-85575-493-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Music > Folk music
LSN:	0-85575-493-1
Barcode:	9780855754938

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