Echoes of History

Naxi Music in Modern China

AvHelen Rees

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

1 607 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

E-bok

407 kr

Beskrivning

Based on extensive fieldwork and documentary research in China, this book is a chronicle of the musical history of Lijiang County in China's southern Yunnan Province. It focuses on Dongjing music, repertoire borrowed from China's Han ethnic majority by the indigenous Naxi inhabitants of Lijiang County. Used in Confucian worship as well as in secular entertainment, Dongjing music played a key role the Naxi minority's assimilation of Han culture over the last 200 years. Prized for its complexity and elegance, which set it apart from "rough" or "simpler" indigenous Naxi music, Dongjing played an important role in defining social relationships, since proficiency in the music and membership in the Dongjing associations signified high social status and cultural refinement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-21
Mått:155 x 226 x 22 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195129496

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Helen Rees is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 1989 she has carried out research on the traditional and tourist-oriented musics of the Naxi ethnis minority and Han ethnic majority of Yunnan Province, southwest China. She is also co-editor of Understanding Charles Seeger, Pioneer in American Musicology (1999).

Recensioner i media

Deserves to be widely read. It is carefully researched, accompanied by a valuable CD, and nicely written throughout

Innehållsförteckning

1: Ethnic Minorities and the Chinese State 2: The Naxi of Lijiang County 3: The Music World of Republican Lijiang 4: Dongjing Music and Local Interaction in Repubican Lijiang 5: The Wider World Comes to Lijiang: the Musical Impact 6: Have Music, Will Travel: The Dongjing Music Revival 7: Representations and Ethnicity Conclusion Appendix A: Dongjing Scriptures of Lijiang County Appendix B: Temple Interiors for Dongjing Ceremonies in Dayan Town Appendix C: Chinese Texts Appendix D: Glossary of Chinese Characters