
Sounding the Indian Ocean
Julia Suzanne Byl
(Author)Description
Sounding the Indian Ocean is the first volume to integrate the fields of ethnomusicology and Indian Ocean studies. Drawing on historical and ethnographic approaches, the book explores what music reveals about mobility, diaspora, colonialism, religious networks, media, and performance. Collectively, the chapters examine different ways the Indian Ocean might be "heard" outside of a reliance on colonial archives and elite textual traditions, integrating methods from music and sound studies into the history and anthropology of the region. Challenging the area studies paradigm--which has long cast Africa, the Middle East, and Asia as separate musical cultures--the book shows how music both forms and crosses boundaries in the Indian Ocean world.
Product Details
Publisher | University of California Press |
Publish Date | August 22, 2023 |
Pages | 354 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780520393172 |
Dimensions | 8.9 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches | 1.2 pounds |
About the Author
Julia Byl is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and author of Antiphonal Histories: Resonant Pasts in the Toba Batak Musical Present.
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