Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes (Hardcover, New Ed)

Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes is a musical ethnography of a Quechua-speaking community of northern PotosA , in the Bolivian Andes. Based on extensive fieldwork, it explores how music permeates the lives of this group of herders and agriculturalists, and how it is deeply interwoven with agricultural and social (re)production. In this harsh highland environment, persuading the earth to bear fruit is a perpetual challenge, and music emerges as an especially critical and dynamic medium; one that provides rich insights into broader social processes and values. Music and dance orchestrate the seasonal transformation of the landscape, coordinate processes of life and death, and articulate relations with outside social groups and the spirit realm. Through rich and evocative ethnography, the book delves into the powerful meanings ascribed to sound; charts unfamiliar aesthetic territories; suggests how modernity can contribute to indigeneity; and reveals remarkable musical perspectives on llama husbandry and potato cultivation. As we follow the lives, shifting fortunes and musical year of this, in many ways, fragile community, a seasonally shifting array of musical instruments, genres, dances and tunings is introduced. The book is accompanied by downloadable resources, photographs, musical transcriptions and explanatory diagrams.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	SOAS Studies in Music
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Henry Stobart
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	358
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0489-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-0489-6
Barcode:	9780754604891

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