Full Description
This book examines the significance of music in the construction of identities and post-ethnicity belonging in a globalized world. Tracing the diffusion of folk culture, Malet explores its effect in an educational context. With a focus on American, Celtic, Balkan and North African folk and traditional music, he suggests new ways to comprehend the role and transmission of folk culture and music. Touching on transnationalism, migration, and the role of diaspora, this book moves beyond current theoretical approaches and offers an original understanding of the role of folk culture and music in the reshaping of national and regional identities and citizenship in education.
Contents
Introduction PART I: Anthropological, Historical and Political Perspectives 1. Identity, Nationhood and Folk culture 2. From localization to globalization: the economy of folk culture or the reconstruction of tradition & social history 3. Global imaginery and the new territories of Folk culture 4. Music, cultural identity and education 5. Youth cultures and music scenes at the global era PART II New repertoires of Folk music - Case studies comparisons 1. The Folk music long last revival - Continuities and variations 2. The Celtic renewal and its variations 3. Europe beyond itself: Balkan music and the diaspora narrative 4. Americana and after ? The African American heritage and Utopia. 5. Berberian music or the Euro-African TransculturationPART III Towards a critical reading of Folk culture expansion: reflections on popular education in the global age 1. Spaces of identity & belongings: new epistemological and political challenges 2. Global imaginary and global citizenship education3. Filling the gap from cultural marketization to popular education (education populaire)Conclusion
