Sound of Navajo Country
Music, Language, and Diné Belonging
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8091181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristina M Jacobsen, Kristina Jacobsen (0000-0002-3408-0542, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Sound of Navajo Country (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469631868.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4230274680 |
| Open Library | OL33311070M |
| ISBN | 9781469631868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In this ethnography of Navajo (Diné) popular music culture, Kristina M. Jacobsen examines questions of Indigenous identity and performance by focusing on the surprising and vibrant Navajo country music scene. Through multiple first-person accounts, Jacobsen illuminates country music’s connections to the Indigenous politics of language and belonging, examining through the lens of music both the politics of difference and many internal distinctions Diné make among themselves and their fellow Navajo citizens. As the second largest tribe in the United States, the Navajo have often been portrayed as a singular and monolithic entity. Using her experience as a singer, lap steel player, and Navajo language learner, Jacobsen challenges this notion, showing how cultural intimacy and generational nostalgia play key roles in the ways Navajos distinguish themselves from one another through musical taste, linguistic abilities, geographic location, physical appearance, degree of Navajo or Indian blood, and class affiliations. By linking cultural anthropology to ethnomusicology, linguistic anthropology, and critical Indigenous studies, Jacobsen shows how Navajo poetics and politics offer important insights into the politics of Indigeneity in Native North America, highlighting the complex ways that identities are negotiated in multiple, often contradictory, spheres
Aesthetics · Art · Ethnomusicology · Identity (music · Indigenous · Indigenous language · Linguistics · Literature · Musical · Navajo · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Tribe · Anthropology · Diverse Musicological Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Country music · Ethnic identity · Indians of North America · Music · Navajo Indians · Political aspects · Social aspects · southwest, new · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |