Melanesian Mainstream

Stringband Music and Identity in Vanuatu

Sebastian T. Ellerich (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

266 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-223-1 (ISBN)

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Citizens of Vanuatu (ni-Vanuatu) perceive stringband music as a marker of national identity, an indicator of their cultural, stylistic, and musical heritage. Through extensive field and ethnographic research, Melanesian Mainstream offers a detailed historical record of the roots, context, evolution, and impact of stringband music. Beyond chronicling the genre’s history and cultural significance, this thorough monograph positions the genre’s musical hybridity, communal lyrics, and unique organizational structures as key factors in the anthropological understanding of ni-Vanuatu socio-cultural history.

Sebastian T. Ellerich is a lecturer at the Institute of Musicology of the University of Cologne. His research interests in the fields of anthropology and ethnomusicology focus on Oceania. He is also a performing musician who plays with various groups and a music teacher specializing in the ukulele.

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Prelude

Introduction

Chapter 1. A History of Stringban Miusik in Vanuatu

Chapter 2. Stringban Miusik and Its Musical Characteristics

Chapter 3. Lyrics

Chapter 4. The Music Industry in Vanuatu

Chapter 5. Stringbands as Social groups

Conclusion: Vanuatu Stringban Miusik and Other Musics in Oceania

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	13.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Pacific Perspectives: Studies of the European Society for Oceanists
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-223-9 / 1805392239
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-223-1 / 9781805392231
Zustand	Neuware