Sounding Roman: Representation and Performing Identity in Western Turkey

Author:   Sonia Tamar Seeman (Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Texas, Austin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199949243


Pages:   528
Publication Date:   05 September 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Sonia Tamar Seeman (Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Texas, Austin)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9780199949243


ISBN 10:   0199949247
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   05 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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"Figures and Charts Acknowledgements Notes on Transliteration About the Companion Website 0. Prelude: Sounding Social Identity 1. Towards a History of Social Construction: The Formation of Romani Groups in the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires 2. Romani Professional Entertainers in the Ottoman Empire: Melody Players and Merriment Makers 3. Inscribing ""çingene"" in Late Ottoman Cultural Forms 4. Exnominating Turk, Hyper-nominating ""çingene"": Musical Representations of Ethnicity and Turkishness in the Early Republic 5. From çingene Accompanist to Instrumental Soloist: The New Roman Stars 6. Recording ""Roman"": Sonic Representations on 45 rpm Recordings 7. The Poetics of Singing Roman: Metaphoricity to Mimesis in Roman Dance Songs 8. Presenting Turkish Roman: World Music and Musical Cosmopolitanisms 9. Politicizing Roman and the Folklorization of Ethnicity 10. Conclusions and Openings: The Promise and Limitations of Musical Plurality Notes References Index"

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"Sonia Tamar Seeman is an ethnomusicologist at the University of Texas, Austin. She has conducted field research and worked with Romani professional musicians in Macedonia since 1985 and in Turkey since 1995, and consulted with human rights organizations. In addition to producing and facilitating recording projects, she is also founder and director of Middle Eastern Ensemble ""Bereket"" at the University of Texas, Ask-I Mesk and an active performer on Turkish G clarinet and Turkish kanun."

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