Music and citizenship

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-176) and index.1. Introduction : How musical is the citizen? -- Sly civilities -- Citizen audience -- Citizen media -- Citizen voice -- Citizen performance -- Conclusion -- 2. Ethnomusicology of citizenship, ethnomusicology as citizenship -- Identity -- Technocracy -- Intimacy -- Conclusion -- 3. Citizenship resounding -- The citizen on his bike -- The citizen in the crowd -- The citizen in the square -- Conclusion -- 4. Conclusion."Critical citizenship practices and the language of today's populism have never been more sharply opposed. How should these debates be configured now? And what place does music have in them? In Music and Citizenship, author Martin Stokes argues that music has for a long time been entangled with debates about citizenship and citizenly identities. This book challenges the conventional understanding of citizenship in terms of nationalism and national identity though the examination of case studies from across Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Stokes departs from an earlier ethnomusicology preoccupied with belonging and cultural participation in the nation-state. Citizenship -- the fantasy, according to some definitions, of political community without outsiders -- suggests a different space in which one might configure such relations, one more satisfactorily, and energetically, oriented to questions about musical ecology, sustainability, democracy, and inclusivity." --