{"product_id":"landscapes-of-indigenous-performance-fiona-magowan-9780855754938","title":"Landscapes of Indigenous Performance: Music, song and dance of the Torres Strait and Arnhem Land","description":"Indigenous Music and Dance explores a range of Indigenous music and dance forms and performances in the Torres Strait and tropical Northern Territory. It reveals the way traditional music and dance have responded to colonial control and, more recently, to other external forces. The book explores the way musical past and present exist as a continuum of creativity and the contested nature of contemporary cultural performances. In addition, this book looks at the cross-cultural issues of recording and teaching music and dance. Individual contributors, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, demonstrate how local music and dance have been subjected to missionary, institutional, popular and global influences. They provide a cultural background and history of Torres Strait music and discuss how contemporary Christian music and dance in Arnhem Land incorporates traditional ritual. They unpack the complex form and structure of an Australian Aboriginal song series and examine the transformation of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiona Magowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0855754931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780855754938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aboriginal Studies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Fiona Magowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457634021631,"sku":"9780855754938","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50af62af-4c7f-45fa-b313-31a2426fc2ea.jpg?v=1777400262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/landscapes-of-indigenous-performance-fiona-magowan-9780855754938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}