MAiA, Volume 3, Number 3: Recent submissions

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    • Music of the Multiethnic Minority: A Postnational Perspective 

      Knudsen, Jan Sverre (University of Exeter, 24 November 2011)
      This article examines implications of a postnational perspective on the music of minorities. As an example, the musical practices of a multiethnic hip-hop group in Norway are discussed with reference to musicological, ...

    • "6/8 rhythm" Meets "lova-tsofina": Experiencing Malagasy Music 

      Fuhr, Jenny (University of Exeter, 2011)
      This paper argues for the importance of integrating musical practices into ethnomusicological research. Despite an ongoing debate about the need for a more performative approach (e.g., Baily, 2008), there are still only ...

    • Salsa/Bhangra: Transnational Rhythm Cultures in Comparative Perspective 

      Kabir, Ananya Jahanara (University of Exeter, 2011)
      The dance-music complexes known as “Salsa” and “Bhangra” have not been subjected to any comparative academic scrutiny, despite clear parallels in their respective histories as cultural processes born out of multiple ruptures ...

    • Singing a New Song? Transnational Migration, Methodological Nationalism and Cosmopolitan Perspectives 

      Schiller, Nina Glick; Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna (University of Exeter, 2011)
      The question posed by this article is how all of us - scholars, musicians, citizens of the world can step out of the migrant/native divide and still leave room to study and theorize creative processes that bring together ...

    • Music and Migration: A Transnational Approach 

      Kiwan, Nadia; Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna (University of Exeter, 24 November 2011)
      This special issue on the theme of Music and Migration addresses the highly topical theme of migration and the vitality of “cultural diasporas” through the prism of migrating musicians and migrating musical forms. All nine ...