Music and Cultural Rights
Published on 1. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-252-07662-6 (ISBN)
Description
Framing timely and pressing questions concerning music and cultural rights, this collection illustrates the ways in which music--as a cultural practice, a commercial product, and an aesthetic form--has become enmeshed in debates about human rights, international law, and struggles for social justice. The essays in this volume examine how interpretations of cultural rights vary across societies; how definitions of rights have evolved; and how rights have been invoked in relation to social struggles over cultural access, use, representation, and ownership. The individual case studies, many of them based on ethnographic field research, demonstrate how musical aspects of cultural rights play out in specific cultural contexts, including the Philippines, China, Hawaii, Peru, Ukraine, and Brazil. Contributors are Nimrod Baranovitch, Adriana Helbig, Javier F. Leon, Ana MarIa Ochoa, Silvia Ramos, Helen Rees, Felicia Sandler, Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman, Ricardo D. Trimillos, Andrew N. Weintraub, and Bell Yung.
Reviews / Votes
"Illuminating and thought provoking. Music and Cultural Rights will challenge musicians, music scholars, and music educators to reexamine their preconceived notions of culture, music's purpose within culture, and the social responsibilities that come when using this music."--Music Educators Journal "The best perspective to date on the issues of music and cultural rights. This anthology speaks to the many scholars who believe that engaged scholarship is the way of the future."--Beverley Diamond, author of Native American Music in Eastern North America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture "A volume on music and cultural rights is both timely and welcome, particularly one that relies upon diverse ethnographic studies as this one does. An innovative interdisciplinary contribution to ethnomusicology."--Rosemary J. Coombe, Senior Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture, York UniversityMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
16 black & white photographs, 1 map, 5 charts, 3 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
513 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-252-07662-6 (9780252076626)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Andrew N. Weintraub is an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java.Bell Yung is a professor of music, the former director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, and the author of The Last of China's Literati: The Music, Poetry, and Life of Tsar Teh-yun.
Content
Preface: Bell Yung; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Andrew N. Weintraub; 1. Agency and Voice, The Philippines at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Ricardo D. Trimillos; 2. Use and Ownership, Folk Music in the People's Republic of China: Helen Rees; 3. Access and Control, A Key to Reclaiming the Right to Construct Hawaiian History: Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman; 4. National Patrimony and Cultural Policy, The Case of the Afroperuvian Cajon: Javier Leon; 5. Historical Legacy and the Contemporary World, UNESCO and China's Qin Music in the 21st Century: Bell Yung; 6. Representation and Intracultural Dynamics, Romani Musicians and Cultural Rights Discourse in Ukraine: Adriana Helbig; 7. Representing Tibet in the Global Cultural Market, The Case of the Chinese-Tibetan Musician Han Hong: Nimrod Baranovitch; 8. Music and Human Rights, AfroReggae and the Youth from the Favelas as Responses to Violence in Brazil: Silvia Ramos/Ana Maria Ochoa; 9. In Search of a Cross-Cultural Legal Framework, Indigenous Musics as Worldwide Commodity: Felicia Sandler; Bibliography; Glossary of Chinese Characters for Chapters By Baranovitch, Rees, and Yung; Notes on Contributors; Index Preface: Bell Yung; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Andrew N. Weintraub; 1. Agency and Voice, The Philippines at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Ricardo D. Trimillos; 2. Use and Ownership, Folk Music in the People's Republic of China: Helen Rees; 3. Access and Control, A Key to Reclaiming the Right to Construct Hawaiian History: Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman; 4. National Patrimony and Cultural Policy, The Case of the Afroperuvian Cajon: Javier Leon; 5. Historical Legacy and the Contemporary World, UNESCO and China's Qin Music in the 21st Century: Bell Yung; 6. Representation and Intracultural Dynamics, Romani Musicians and Cultural Rights Discourse in Ukraine: Adriana Helbig; 7. Representing Tibet in the Global Cultural Market, The Case of the Chinese-Tibetan Musician Han Hong: Nimrod Baranovitch; 8. Music and Human Rights, AfroReggae and the Youth from the Favelas as Responses to Violence in Brazil: Silvia Ramos/Ana Maria Ochoa; 9. In Search of a Cross-Cultural Legal Framework, Indigenous Musics as Worldwide Commodity: Felicia Sandler; Bibliography; Glossary of Chinese Characters for Chapters By Baranovitch, Rees, and Yung; Notes on Contributors; Index