Disaster Songs as Intangible Memorials in Atlantic Canada
Author:   Heather Sparling
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032111209


Pages:   218
Publication Date:   30 December 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Heather Sparling
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.444kg
ISBN:  

9781032111209


ISBN 10:   1032111208
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   30 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Formal Memorials, Vernacular Memorials, and Disaster Songs Chapter 3 Going Down in History: The Story of Disaster Songs Chapter 4 Locating Meaning: The Place of Disasters in Songs Chapter 5 Spontaneity & Ephemerality: The Timing of Memorialization Chapter 6 Social Significance: The Motivation to Create Disaster Songs Chapter 7 Personal Motivations: Relationships & Grief Chapter 8 News & Social Media: Inspiring, Informing, and Disseminating Disaster Songs Chapter 9 Conclusion

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The book draws attention to an interesting phenomenon which certainly invites further study and alternative approaches. The corpus itself is a fascinating collection, and the website is an essential complement to the book (although it is rarely mentioned there). Sparling certainly offers answers to the questions she sets herself in terms of the significance of disaster songs as social and cultural responses to tragic death and contemporary death culture, how they arise and develop, the differential identities and motivations of those who compose them, the relationship of newer disaster songs to the musical history of the region and its influences, and the impact of media technologies on this phenomenon. Those interested will want to read this book and see if they agree. - Julia C. Bishop (University of Sheffield) for the Folk Music Journal


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Heather Sparling is Professor of ethnomusicology and the Canada Research Chair in Musical Traditions at Cape Breton University in Canada.

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