
Musical Performance in the Diaspora
This book illustrates how ethnographic investigation of musical performances might contribute to the analysis of diaspora. It embraces diverse examples such as ''mourning and cultures of survival'' amongst Aboriginal and Jewish communities in Australia, remembering a Kazakh ''homeland'' in Western Mongolia, celebrating Diwali in New Zealand and the circulation of musical performances in Mozambique...
This book illustrates how ethnographic investigation of musical performances might contribute to the analysis of diaspora. It embraces diverse examples such as ''mourning and cultures of survival'' amongst Aboriginal and Jewish communities in Australia, remembering a Kazakh ''homeland'' in Western Mongolia, celebrating Diwali in New Zealand and the circulation of musical performances in Mozambique...