Ladies and Gentlemen, The North Road Pounders
An Inquiry into Identity, Aesthetics, and New Authenticities in Rural Alaska
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12068554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tok Freeland Thompson, Tok Thompson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 273-288 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Folklore Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0737-7037 • E-ISSN: 1543-0413 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jfr.2003.40.3.273 |
| OpenAlex | W1993828019 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This essay seeks to understand a particular musical ensemble and related ritual traditions in a rural immigrant community in Alaska. While some of the materials used in the ensemble are gathered locally, other articles are mass-produced, and one element, an interpretation of the Australian dijiridu, is the result of information gleaned from the Internet. The cultural complex is viewed as "local" as well as "global," and "invented" as well as "traditional
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Element (criminal law · Identity (music · Immigration · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Musical · Political science · Sociology · The Internet · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |