Yearbook for Traditional Music. Vol. 52 (2020)
The Yearbook for Traditional Music is a refereed scholarly journal which carries essays, reviews, and reports in the area of traditional music and dance research.
General Editor:
Tong Soon Lee
Table of Contents
- Guest Editors' Preface by Keith Howard and Tan Sooi Beng
Articles
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‘Allow Peace to Reign: Musical Genres of Fújì and Islamic Allegorise Nigerian Unity in the Era of Boko Haram’ by Debra L. Klein
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‘Fostering Reconciliation through Collaborative Research in Unama’ki: Engaging Communities through Indigenous Methodologies and Research-Creation’ by Marcia Ostashewski, Shaylene Johnson, Graham Marshall, and Clifford Paul
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‘Between Faqīr and Fankaˉr? Sounding Complex Subjectivities through Shah Jo Raˉg in Sindh, Pakistan’ by Huang Pei-Ling
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‘From Galilee Villages to the Mountains of Al-Sham: Local and Regional Musical Networks among Palestinian Arab Wedding Musicians in Northern Israel’ by Abigail Wood, Taiseer Elias, Loab Hammoud, and Jiryis Murkus Ballan
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‘Naniwa-bushi in Hawai‘i: The Rise and Fall of a Japanese Narrative Art in Diaspora’ by Minako Waseda
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‘Forging Aztecness: Twentieth-Century Mexican Musical Nationalism in Twenty-First Century Los Angeles’ by Kristina F. Nielsen
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‘Women’s Role in Preserving Lament Songs in the Villages of Gjirokastër, Albania’ by Grijda Spiri
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‘Drumming and Dancing in Mahābhārata Performances of the Himalayas: Possession as Transitional States’ by Andrew Alter
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‘Looking for the Past: History and Change in Traditional Music Studies in Chile (1990–2020)’ by Christian Spencer-Espinosa
Book Reviews
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Rebecca Dirksen. After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti. Review by Rebecca Sager
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Margaret Kartomi, ed. Performing the Arts of Indonesia: Malay Identity and Politics in the Music, Dance and Theatre of the Riau Islands. Review by Made Mantle Hood
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Victoria Lindsay Levine, and Dylan Robinson, eds. Music and Modernity among First Peoples of North America. Review by DJ W. Hatfield
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Barley Norton, and Naomi Matsumoto, eds. Music as Heritage: Historical and Ethnographic Perspectives. Review by Helen Rees
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Jessica Roda. Se réinventer au présent: Les Judéo-espagnols de France. Famille, communauté et patrimoine musical. Review by Vanessa Paloma Elbaz
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Deborah Wong. Louder and Faster: Pain, Joy, and the Body Politic in Asian American Taiko. Review by Angela K. Ahlgren
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Marié Abe. Resonances of Chindon-ya: Sounding Space and Sociality in Contemporary Japan. Review by Jennifer Milioto Matsue
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Stefan Fiol. Recasting Folk in the Himalayas: Indian Music, Media, and Social Mobility. Review by Subash Giri
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Sarah Weiss. Ritual Soundings: Women Performers and World Religions. Review by Piin-Shiuan Wu
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Frank Gunderson. The Legacy of Tanzanian Musicians Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka: Rhumba Kiserebuka! Review by Kelly Askew
Audio Reviews
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Yi Ji-young Gayageum Compilation—Silk Butterfly. Review by Jocelyn Clark
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Gamelan Joged: Bali’s Orchestra of Bamboo Marimbas. Review by Elizabeth McLean Macy
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Phursang Kelak Lama: Tibetan Buddhist Religious Music from the Kagyu School. Review by Anna Morcom
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Veronica Doubleday and John Baily: Silken Threads. Review by Mark Slobin
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Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World 1966–1979 / Звукови картини от България: пътешествие в един изчезнал свят 1966–1979. Review by Gergana Panova-Tekath
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Archives musicales d’Afrique de l’Ouest: Les années 1970 à Bouaké / Musical Archives of West Africa: The 1970s in Bouake (Collection Bernard Mondet). Review by Ignacio Agrimbau
Film/Video Reviews
- “Purity Is for Chumps”: Filmmakers Reflect on Their Musical Traditions. Review by Giorgio Biancorosso
- Mê Thảo Thời Vang Bóng (The Glorious Time in Mê Thảo Hamlet). Review by Barley Norton
- Inside Llewyn Davis. Review by Timothy D. Taylor
- Roma. Review by Jacqueline Avila
- Flamenco Trilogy. Review by Estela Ibáñez-García
- Dream of the Bridal Chamber. Review by Ling Zhang
- Talíře nad Velkým Malíkovem (Flying Saucers Over Our Village / Flying Saucers Over Velký Malikov). Review by Michael Beckerman
Multimedia Reviews
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Andrew Killick. 2020. Global Notation: Visualizing the World’s Music. Review by Victoria Lindsay Levine
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Histories of the Ephemeral. Review by Richard Widdess
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RomArchive—Digital Archive of the Roma. Review by Marko Kölbl
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Sekuru’s Stories. Review by Claire Jones