CAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BE NATIONAL? THE SYMBOLIC USE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN VIETNAMESE NATIONAL REPRESENTATION Cover Image

CAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BE NATIONAL? THE SYMBOLIC USE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN VIETNAMESE NATIONAL REPRESENTATION
CAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BE NATIONAL? THE SYMBOLIC USE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN VIETNAMESE NATIONAL REPRESENTATION

Author(s): Ingrid Bertleff
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas
Keywords: Musical instruments; dan bau; nation; Vietnam; representation; symbol; image; signifying practices;

Summary/Abstract: Subject: Musical instruments as a means of national representation in contemporary Vietnam. Purpose of study: To analyze and interpret the public image of culture and cultural history created by a nation state. Method: Text analysis and interpretation.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 66-76
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English