The Poetics of Pop Polyphony

Translating Georgian Song for the World

Bibliographic Data

ID21080804
AuthorsLauren Ninoshvili (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume32
Issue3
Pages407-424
Publication date2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopular Music & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0300-7766 • E-ISSN: 1740-1712
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03007760902985858
OpenAlexW2009501589
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

Drawing on the linguistic-anthropological literature on language-in-music and the ethnomusicological and cultural studies literature on communication in world music, in this article I explore the dialectics of sameness and difference as they play out at the interstices of the Georgian language and transnationally oriented Georgian “world music.” My study draws on seven years of ethnographic engagement with musicians and audiences in Georgia proper and among Georgian migrants in New York City. My findings suggest that language in world music can and should be interrogated further as a key forum for the exploration of dynamic, non-referential, non-conventional forms of intercultural communication and meaning-making

Art · Dialectic · Epistemology · Ethnography · Georgian · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Poetics · Poetry · Polyphony · Popular music · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology

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