Borders and bridges: Preliminary thoughts on Balkan music
Borders and bridges: Preliminary thoughts on Balkan music
Author(s): Jim SamsonSubject(s): Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: Balkan music; East and West in music; centres and peripheries; musical modernity;
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses methodological questions concerning his broad research project on music in the Balkans. He raises a number of questions related to defining national, cultural, and other identities in this region. The text is organised into four sections: 1. An ecumene, 2. Culture as appropriation, 3. Centres and peripheries, and 4. Music gets its own back.
Journal: Muzikologija
- Issue Year: 1/2005
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 37-55
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English