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Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada
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ISBN-13: | 9780773558809 |
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Publisher: | McGill-Queens University Press |
Publication date: | 01/16/2020 |
Pages: | 552 |
Product dimensions: | 6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.40(d) |
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Table of Contents
Figures and Table xi
Foreword Gordon E. Smith xv
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction Judith Klassen Anna Hoefnagels Sherry Johnson 3
1 The Study of Music in Canada: Ethnomusicological Sources and Institutional Priorities Anna Hoefnagels Judith Klassen Sherry Johnson 13
Part 1 Transforming Musical Traditions
Introduction Anna Hoefnagels 39
2 Le bon vieux temps: The Veillée in Twentieth-Century Quebec Laura Risk 43
3 Kathak in Canada: Classical and Contemporary Margaret E. Walker 87
4 Taking the Piss Out: Presentational and Participatory Elements in the History of the Cape Breton Milling Frolic Heather Sparling 114
5 Improvising on the Margins: Tradition and Musical Agency in les Iles-de-la-Madeleine Meghan C. Forsyth 145
6 The Continuities and Legacies of English Song Traditions in Nova Scotia Chris McDonald 177
Part 2 Rethinking Genres and Artistic Practices
Introduction Sherry Johnson 205
7 Metis (Style) Fiddling: From Historical Roots to Contemporary Practice Monique Giroux 209
8 War Drums in Chinatown: Chinese Canadian Lion Dance Percussion as Martial Art Colin P. McGuire 242
9 "Holy jeez I can hear everything": Liveness in Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Ian Hayes 275
10 Fantastic Voyage: The Diasporic Roots and Routes of Early Toronto Hip Hop Jesse Stewart Niel Scobie 305
11 Identity, Aesthetics, and Place in Medicine Dream's "In This World" Janice Esther Tulk 335
Part 3 Heterogeneity, Diversity, and the Possibility of Alternatives
Introduction Judith Klassen 357
12 A View from Toronto: Local Perspectives on Music Making, Ethnocultural Difference, and the Cultural Life of a City Louise Wrazen 361
13 Re-imagining the Nation: The CBC as a Mediator of Ethnocultural Encounter in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Rebecca Draisey-Callishaw 386
14 Music, Mimesis, and Modulation among Mennonites in Rural Manitoba Judith Klassen 417
15 Ukrainian Catholic Congregational Singing in Canada: Sounds in Service and Celebration Marcia Ostashewski 453
16 (Re)Presenting Indigenous Activism in the Nation's Capital: Signifying Resistance across Time and Place through Music in Alanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? (2014) Anna Hoefnagels 477
Accompanying Video and Audio Examples 503
Contributors 511
Index 517