Full Description
A timely contribution to the corpus of island studies scholarship, this collection centres key components of island cultural studies. It emerges from the jointly organized 15th International Small Island Cultures (ISIC) conference staged at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (2018), and contains selected papers that shine a spotlight on the rich cultural field of island music, art festivals and the creative ecosystem in which they find support. With an interdisciplinary focus, this volume also aims at promoting a critical research agenda for island studies in general. This edited collection is a must read for cultural enthusiasts, students and researchers, as well as entertainment and industry professionals.
Contents
List of Illustrations / viiPREFACE: Island Culture Research and the Small Island Cultures Research Initiative
PHILIP HAYWARD
INTRODUCTION: Island Cultures and Festivals: A Creative Ecosystem
SONJAH STANLEY NIAAH AND EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI
Part One: Art, Culture and Island Communities
1 Diagnosing Uneven Revitalization Outcomes among Declining Communities in a Japanese Island Art Festival
MENG QU, YACHEN HE, A. D. MCCORMICK, CAROLIN FUNCK
2 The Norseman's Home: Up-Helly-Aa and Shetland's Performance of Place
EMMA LANG
3 Mapping Waiheke Island's Festivalscape:
Community Activism and Festival Reclamation
EVANGELIA PAPOUTSAKI AND JOHN STANFIELD
4 Promoting the "Creole Traditional Wedding" during the Seychelle Creole Festival as a Strategy to Sustain Cultural Traditions
MARIE-CHRISTINE PARENT
Part Two: Music, Dance and Island Identity
5 The Traditional Daur Music and Dance Festival Kumule on the Island Meadow by the Amur River
HOLGER BRIEL
6 Soca, Pleasure and Utopia
SHAUNA RIGAUD
7 Rebel Salute: A Birthday Party the World Attends
MELVILLE COOKE
8 A Celebration of Music, Movement and Memory:
The Archival Significance of St Kitts "Sugar Mas"
STANLEY H. GRIFFIN
9 The Sound of Citizenship: Performance, Politics and Transgression
SONJAH STANLEY NIAAH
Contributors
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