Alexander M Cannon
Biographic Data
| ID | 154258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander M Cannon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander M |
| FAMILY NAME | Cannon |
| SIGNATURE | CANNON A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0572-6743 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Anticolonial synthesis in Trần Đức Thảo’s philosophy
Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam
The artistry of Vietnamese jazz has never received thorough documentation, so Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam is a very welcome addition to music scholarship. The book features conversations held from 2009 to 2017 “over whiskeys and smokes” (xiii) between academic Stan BH Tan-Tangbau and self-taught jazz musician Quyền Văn Minh. Tan-Tangbau recorded, transcribed, and translated these conversations and then organized them into a narrative about …
Awakening the Soul with the Left Hand
Vietnamese musicians engage with the concept of tâm hồn, or "soul," to express an inner experience for external understanding and community building. Following the traumas of the twentieth century, inner experiences of Vietnamese in diaspora became difficult to articulate. To overcome this, musicians have focused on the body as the primary mediator of the soul. They use the left hand in particular to rebuild the soul and make sense of the fractur…
Sounding Out Heritage
Reviewed by: Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Họ Folk Song in Northern Vietnam by Lauren Meeker Alexander M. Cannon (bio) Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Họ Folk Song in Northern Vietnam. Lauren Meeker. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2013. Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory Series. viii + 188 pp., photos, figures, notes, glossary, bibliography, indi…
From Nameless to Nomenclature
Descriptions of musical genre often feature categories of instruments, melodies, and other common performance practices. Using the example of southern Vietnamese đờn ca tài tử (music of talented amateurs or music for diversion), this article proposes that musicians define genre instead as the negotiation of a series of “thematic loops” or sets of opposing concepts upon which musicians focus during performance. Ethnographic research in H ồ Chí Min…
Vietnam
Vietnam: Le don ca tai tu: Musique de chambre du delta du Mékong / The Don Ca Tai To: Chamber Music ofthe Mekong Delta. 2014. INEDIT / Maison des Cultures du Monde W 260148. Recorded by Trď Hai Đăng and Đoàn Thanh Tùng. Annotated by Nguyņ Thùy Tiên, 28-page booklet with notes in French and English. French translation by Pierre Bois. Colour photographs, map, reference list. CD, 16 tracks (75:37). Recorded in the field between October 2010 and Janu…
When Charisma Sustains Tradition
Legitimate cultural authority as it pertains to traditional music performance in southern Vietnam emerges from charismatic musicianship where individuals build music communities by deploying their musical competence. This competence involves reorienting difference, risk and taboo and encouraging a community to reconsider the rewards that come from the transformation of practice. Drawing from theories of the charismatic leader, this article invest…
Introduction
Research Article| August 01 2012 Introduction: Epic Directions for the Study of the Vietnamese Diaspora Alexander M. Cannon Alexander M. Cannon Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2012) 7 (3): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2012.7.3.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email To…
Virtually Audible in Diaspora
This essay explores the performance and pedagogical practices of Master Musician [Nhạc Sư] Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo, a musician of nhạc tài tử Nam bộ [music of talented amateurs] who lives and works in Hồ Chí Minh City, but whose students reside primarily in diaspora. By critically engaging with the concept of “trans-nation”—a term coined by Yan Haiping—and invoking theories of transnational competence, the essay examines the processes by which Nhạc Sư Ng…
When Charisma Sustains Tradition
Legitimate cultural authority as it pertains to traditional music performance in southern Vietnam emerges from charismatic musicianship where individuals build music communities by deploying their musical competence. This competence involves reorienting difference, risk and taboo and encouraging a community to reconsider the rewards that come from the transformation of practice. Drawing from theories of the charismatic leader, this article invest…
Virtually Audible in Diaspora
This essay explores the performance and pedagogical practices of Master Musician [Nhạc Sư] Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo, a musician of nhạc tài tử Nam bộ [music of talented amateurs] who lives and works in Hồ Chí Minh City, but whose students reside primarily in diaspora. By critically engaging with the concept of “trans-nation”—a term coined by Yan Haiping—and invoking theories of transnational competence, the essay examines the processes by which Nhạc Sư Ng…
Introduction
Research Article| August 01 2012 Introduction: Epic Directions for the Study of the Vietnamese Diaspora Alexander M. Cannon Alexander M. Cannon Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Vietnamese Studies (2012) 7 (3): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2012.7.3.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email To…
Virtually Audible in Diaspora
This essay explores the performance and pedagogical practices of Master Musician [Nhạc Sư] Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo, a musician of nhạc tài tử Nam bộ [music of talented amateurs] who lives and works in Hồ Chí Minh City, but whose students reside primarily in diaspora. By critically engaging with the concept of “trans-nation”—a term coined by Yan Haiping—and invoking theories of transnational competence, the essay examines the processes by which Nhạc Sư Ng…
When Charisma Sustains Tradition
Legitimate cultural authority as it pertains to traditional music performance in southern Vietnam emerges from charismatic musicianship where individuals build music communities by deploying their musical competence. This competence involves reorienting difference, risk and taboo and encouraging a community to reconsider the rewards that come from the transformation of practice. Drawing from theories of the charismatic leader, this article invest…
Vietnam
Vietnam: Le don ca tai tu: Musique de chambre du delta du Mékong / The Don Ca Tai To: Chamber Music ofthe Mekong Delta. 2014. INEDIT / Maison des Cultures du Monde W 260148. Recorded by Trď Hai Đăng and Đoàn Thanh Tùng. Annotated by Nguyņ Thùy Tiên, 28-page booklet with notes in French and English. French translation by Pierre Bois. Colour photographs, map, reference list. CD, 16 tracks (75:37). Recorded in the field between October 2010 and Janu…
From Nameless to Nomenclature
Descriptions of musical genre often feature categories of instruments, melodies, and other common performance practices. Using the example of southern Vietnamese đờn ca tài tử (music of talented amateurs or music for diversion), this article proposes that musicians define genre instead as the negotiation of a series of “thematic loops” or sets of opposing concepts upon which musicians focus during performance. Ethnographic research in H ồ Chí Min…
Sounding Out Heritage
Reviewed by: Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Họ Folk Song in Northern Vietnam by Lauren Meeker Alexander M. Cannon (bio) Sounding Out Heritage: Cultural Politics and the Social Practice of Quan Họ Folk Song in Northern Vietnam. Lauren Meeker. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2013. Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory Series. viii + 188 pp., photos, figures, notes, glossary, bibliography, indi…
Awakening the Soul with the Left Hand
Vietnamese musicians engage with the concept of tâm hồn, or "soul," to express an inner experience for external understanding and community building. Following the traumas of the twentieth century, inner experiences of Vietnamese in diaspora became difficult to articulate. To overcome this, musicians have focused on the body as the primary mediator of the soul. They use the left hand in particular to rebuild the soul and make sense of the fractur…
Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam
The artistry of Vietnamese jazz has never received thorough documentation, so Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam is a very welcome addition to music scholarship. The book features conversations held from 2009 to 2017 “over whiskeys and smokes” (xiii) between academic Stan BH Tan-Tangbau and self-taught jazz musician Quyền Văn Minh. Tan-Tangbau recorded, transcribed, and translated these conversations and then organized them into a narrative about …
Anticolonial synthesis in Trần Đức Thảo’s philosophy
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