Performing Norwegian American: the construction of identity through performances of bygdedans and Norwegian-American old-time music in the Upper Midwest, 1900-1970

"This comparative study examines the music culture of the Norwegian-American communities in five states of the American Upper Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) between 1900 and 1970, investigating the shifting ways in which performances of the two music genres...

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1. Verfasser: Ellestad, Laura 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oslo Norwegian Academy of Music 2023
Schriftenreihe:NMH publications 2023:3
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Zusammenfassung:"This comparative study examines the music culture of the Norwegian-American communities in five states of the American Upper Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) between 1900 and 1970, investigating the shifting ways in which performances of the two music genres of bygdedans and Norwegian-American old-time music functioned to construct heterogeneous Norwegian-American identities during a period of major social, cultural, technological, political, and economic change in the United States. Through case studies of two historical performers, Dagny Andrea Veum Quisling and Daniel Aakhus, the study examines a selection of performance contexts for each genre, analyzing the musical expression of diverse layers of identity through these contexts. The study also investigates how a combination of global and local flows and forces contributed to processes of musical change and exchange in the Norwegian-American music culture, and furthermore, how these processes reflect diverse processes of identity construction. This qualitative, interdisciplinary study draws on theory and methodology from a range of humanities and social science disciplines, including ethnomusicology, anthropology, sociology, migration studies, cultural studies, performance studies, folklore studies, and media studies. The approach towards the study of the musical performance of Norwegian-American identity is grounded on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework centred on concepts of social identity (particularly ethnic and diasporic identity), performance, and globalization theories as connected to ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin’s framework for the study of subcultural musics (Slobin, 1993). The strategy of inquiry combines historical research and case study research [...]."
Beschreibung:xix, 310 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Notenbeispiel
ISBN:9788278533192

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