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«These Songs Tell About Our Life, You See»

Music, Identity and Gender in Finnish Romani Music

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Buch | Softcover
2015
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-65396-8 (ISBN)

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«These Songs Tell About Our Life, You See» - Kai Åberg
CHF 98,70 inkl. MwSt
Underlying the songs of the Finnish Roma are historical depth and cultural and situational signification. Songs as tradition are in a state of continuous change and it is from this perspective that the features, nature and functions of music must be considered, chronologically and locally as part of the surrounding culture and its plurality.
Based on intensive fieldwork among the Finnish Roma, the Kaale, between 1995 and 2015, this book explores their traditional songs. It presents an introduction to the subject of traditional Romani music and offers different interpretations of how the Roma themselves produce meaning for the songs. Performing the music is not a repetition of heritage - instead, the meanings of the songs are aimed at different contexts of everyday life in various musical practices. They not only maintain a community spirit, but also underline gender identity or create a boundary with the majority population.

Kai Åberg is Adjunct Professor of the Study of Traditional Music at the Department of Finnish Language and Cultural Research, University of Eastern Finland. His special research interests are Finnish Romani music and music culture.

Contents: Theoretical Approach: Themes, Concepts and Methods - The Finnish Roma (Kaale): History and culture - The Traditional Music of the Finnish Roma - Fieldwork and Scope of Empirical Data - Singers and Songs Telling about the Past - The Construction of Romani Community in Songs and Musical Concepts - The Sung Place - Place as Lived, Imagined and Described in Romani Songs - «Gypsy Dance» as a Stereotype - Mystery, Secrecy, Passion and Sex - The Aesthetics of Romani Singing - «Gypsy» Stereotypes and Self-Irony.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 370 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte Åberg • finnish • Gender • Identity • Kaale • Life • music • Roma • Romani • See» • Songs • Tell • traditionals songs
ISBN-10 3-631-65396-4 / 3631653964
ISBN-13 978-3-631-65396-8 / 9783631653968
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