These songs tell about our life, you see : music, identity and gender in Finnish Romani music. translated from the Finnish by Jüri Kokkonen

Aberg, Kai (Verfasser):

ISBN 10: 3631653964 / ISBN 13: 9783631653968

Edité par Frankfurt am Main ; Bern ; Wien : PL Academic Research [2015]., 2015

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275 Seiten ; 21 cm, 370 g Tadelloses Exemplar. - Table o f Contents -- A c k n o w le d g e m e n ts 9 -- P a r t i -- 1 I n t r o d u c t i o n 13 -- Research Questions and Structure 13 -- Research Concerning Romani Music inFinland 18 -- 2 T h e o re tic a l A p p ro a ch : T hem es, C o n c e p ts a n d M e th o d s 33 -- The Constructivist Perspective 33 -- Cultural Musicology 36 -- Perspectives on Identity 37 -- Musical Orientation 39 -- Locality 40 -- Gender 42 -- Summary 44 -- 3 The F in n ish R o m a (Kaale): H is to ry a n d C u ltu r e 45 -- The Roma and Romani M usic45 -- History 50 -- The Romani Language 57 -- Social Structure: Cultural Customs and Practices (Kinship, -- Customs, Marriage, Economic Structure and Education) 61 -- Religion 72 -- 4 The T ra d itio n a l M usic o f th e F in n ish R o m a 77 -- Melodics 78 -- Romances 82 -- Performance Styles 85 -- Accompaniment 88 -- The Language of the Songs: Themes and Special -- Linguistic Characteristics 90 -- Part II -- 5 F ie ld w o rk a n d Scope o f E m p iric a l D a ta 109 -- The Fieldwork M aterial112 -- Paths into the Field115 -- The Themes and Processing of the Interviews118 -- The Influence of Masculinity on the Material 130 -- Playing Music - A Shared Orientation 134 -- Television Documentary Work - A Dimension of -- Musical Com munication136 -- Specifications of Research Ethics 139 -- 6 S in g ers a n d S ongs T elling a b o u t th e P a s t147 -- A Past Unfolding from the Present 147 -- The Many Meanings of Travelling 150 -- The Masculine Past and Present of the Songs of Power 160 -- Summary: Changes in Society, Changes in Musical Culture 171 -- 7 T he C o n s tr u c tio n o f th e R o m a n i C o m m u n ity in Songs -- a n d M u sical C o n c e p ts 173 -- Family and Kinship173 -- Songs and G ender180 -- Couples, Marriage and W eddings 189 -- Customary Practices: Respect and Modesty 190 -- Songs and Descriptions of Romani Occupations 193 -- Summary - The New Meanings of Traditional Songs 195 -- 8 The S u n g P lace - P lace as L ived, Im a g in e d a n d -- D e sc rib e d in R o m a n i S o n g s 199 -- The Countryside as a General Context of Songs 199 -- The Places of the Songs201 -- A Comparison of Regions in Finland 203 -- National Identity 207 -- The Social Space of Traditional M usic 209 -- 9 "G ypsy D a n ce" as S te re o ty p e - M ystery, Secrecy, -- P assio n a n d S e x 213 -- The History of the Ethnography of Gypsy Dance213 -- Early Descriptions 214 -- The Impact of Romani Exoticism on the Ethnography of D ance216 -- Gypsy Dance as Described by the Roma Themselves219 -- Regional Differences of D ance224 -- The Various Meanings of D ance224 -- 10 The A esth e tic s o f R o m a n i S in g in g 227 -- The Etic Approach and Interpretations of the Aesthetic -- of Romani Song 227 -- The Ernie Approach to the Aesthetic of Romani Song 230 -- The Slow Changing of Aesthetic Ideals 235 -- 11 G ypsy S te reo ty p e s a n d S e lf-Iro n y 237 -- On the Background of Romani Stereotypes 237 -- The Stereotypes of Romani and Gypsy Music 242 -- The Romani Stereotypes of Traditional Songs244 -- Romani Stereotypes in Popular Music and Public Discourses245 -- Excursus - Romani Stereotypes and Self-Irony246 -- Concluding Remarks 249 -- 12 C o n c lu sio n 253 -- S o u r c e s 255 -- I n d e x 273 ISBN 9783631653968 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 356.

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• Titre: These songs tell about our life, you see : music, identity and gender in Finnish Romani music. translated from the Finnish by Jüri Kokkonen
• Éditeur: Frankfurt am Main ; Bern ; Wien : PL Academic Research [2015].
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3631653964
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783631653968
• Reliure: Broschur
• État de l'article: Sehr gut
• Poids: 356 grammes
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

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.

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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.