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Music Ethnomusicology

Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada

edited by Anna Hoefnagels, Judith Klassen & Sherry Johnson

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2020
Category
Ethnomusicology
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773558793
    Publish Date
    Jan 2020
    List Price
    $145.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773558809
    Publish Date
    Jan 2020
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780228000150
    Publish Date
    Jan 2020
    List Price
    $39.95

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Music and dance in Canada today are diverse and expansive, reflecting histories of travel, exchange, and interpretation and challenging conceptions of expressive culture that are bounded and static. Reflecting current trends in ethnomusicology, Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada examines cultural continuity, disjuncture, intersection, and interplay in music and dance across the country. Essays reconsider conceptual frameworks through which cultural forms are viewed, critique policies meant to encourage crosscultural sharing, and address ways in which traditional forms of expression have changed to reflect new contexts and audiences. From North Indian kathak dance, Chinese lion dance, early Toronto hip hop, and contemporary cantor practices within the Byzantine Ukrainian Church in Canada to folk music performances in twentieth-century Quebec, Gaelic milling songs in Cape Breton, and Mennonite songs in rural Manitoba, this collection offers detailed portraits of contemporary music practices and how they engage with diverse cultural expressions and identities. At a historical moment when identity politics, multiculturalism, diversity, immigration, and border crossings are debated around the world, Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada demonstrates the many ways that music and dance practices in Canada engage with these broader global processes. Contributors include Rebecca Draisey-Collishaw (Queen's University), Meghan Forsyth (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Monique Giroux (University of Lethbridge), Ian Hayes (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Anna Hoefnagels (Carleton University), Judith Klassen (Canadian Museum of History), Chris McDonald (Cape Breton University), Colin McGuire (University College Cork), Marcia Ostashewski (Cape Breton University), Laura Risk (McGill University), Neil Scobie (University Western Ontario), Gordon Smith (Queen's University), Heather Sparling (Cape Breton University), Jesse Stewart (Carleton University), Janice Esther Tulk (Cape Breton University), Margaret Walker (Queen's University), and Louise Wrazen (York University).

About the authors

Anna Hoefnagels is associate professor of music in the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University.

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Judith Klassen is curator of cultural expression at the Canadian Museum of History.

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Sherry Johnson is associate professor of music in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University.

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Editorial Reviews

"A stimulating, brilliantly conceived, and well-executed collection of essays that will have a major impact on Canadian music studies." Robin Elliott, University of Toronto

"Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada presents a fascinating cross-section of emerging research that engages new perspectives on aspects of traditional music, identity, and multiculturalism in Canada." Glenn D. Colton, Lakehead University

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