Description
Book SynopsisMusic education and identity in an international context
Trade ReviewGreen invites twenty authors from all corners of the globe to contribute evidence based research to this book . . . From these fascinating, highly readable accounts, Green pulls out some emerging issues which have important messages for music educators. 7/22/11
* Teaching Music *
[T]his collection is a very worthy addition to the growing literature on global music education. It will be useful as both a scholarly and pedagogical resource, and will likely inspire much future work in this still nascent but vibrant field.
* Popular Music *
Green allows readers to journey to an isolated culture, for example, Lapland, or to a cyberspace island, and contemplate their own musical identity as they work out their educational philsoophy. . . . Highly recommended.
* Choice *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The Globalization and Localization of Learning, Teaching, and Musical Identity / Lucy Green
1. The Permeable Classroom: Learning, Teaching, and Musical Identity in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Homelands School / Kathryn Marsh
2. Popular Music Listening as "Non-Resistance": The Cultural Reproduction of Musical Identity in Japanese Families / Kyoko Koizumi
3. From Homeland to Hong Kong: The Dual Musical Experience and Identity of Diasporic Filipino Women / Annie On Nei Mok
4. Village, Province, and Nation: Aspects of Identity in Children's Learning of Music and Dance in Bali / Peter Dunbar-Hall
5. Music for a Postcolonial Child: Theorizing Malaysian Memories / Roe-Min Kok
6. Continuity and Change: The Guru-Shishya Relationship in Karnatic Classical Music Training / Sophie Grimmer
7. "Music Is in Our Blood": Gujarati Muslim Musicians in the UK / John Baily
8. Greek Popular Music and the Construction of Musical Identities by Greek-Cypriot School Children / Avra Pieridou-Skoutella
9. Music-Learning and the Formation of Local Identity through the Philharmonic Society Wind Bands of Corfu / Zoe Dionyssiou
10. Playing with Barbie: Exploring South African Township Children's Musical Games as Resources for Pedagogy / Susan Harrop-Allin
11. Personal, Local, and National Identities in Ghanaian Performance Ensembles / Trevor Wiggins
12. Music Festivals in the Lapland Region: Constructing Identities through Musical Events / Sidsel Karlsen
13. Shaping a Music Teacher Identity in Sweden / Eva Georgii-Hemming
14. Icelandic Men and Their Identity in Songs and in Singing / Robert Faulkner
15. Discovering and Affirming Musical Identity through Extracurricular Music-Making in English Secondary Schools / Stephanie Pitts
16. Scottish Traditional Music: Identity and the "Carrying Stream" / Charles Byrne
17. Performance, Transmission, and Identity among Ireland's New Generation of Traditional Musicians / John O'Flynn
18. Fostering a "Musical Say": Identity, Expression, and Decision Making in a US School Ensemble / Sharon G. Davis
19. Diversity, Identity, and Learning Styles among Students in a Brazilian University / Heloisa Feichas
20. SIMPhonic Island: Exploring Musical Identity and Learning in Virtual Space / Sheri E. Jaffurs
List of Contributors
Index
