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Author Jacobsen, Kristina M., author.

Title The sound of Navajo country : music, language, and Diné belonging / Kristina M. Jacobsen.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Critical indigeneities
Critical indigeneities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Keeping up with the Yazzies: the authenticity of class and geographic boundaries -- Generic Navajo: the language politics of social authenticity -- Radmilla's voice: racializing music genre -- Sounding Navajo: the politics of social citizenship and tradition -- Many voices, one nation -- Epilogue: the lights of Albuquerque?
Summary In this ethnography of Navajo (Dine) 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.
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Subject Navajo Indians -- Music -- Social aspects.
Navajo Indians.
Genre/Form Music.
Subject Social aspects.
Navajo Indians -- Music -- Political aspects.
Country music -- Social aspects.
Country music -- Social aspects.
Country music.
Navajo Indians -- Ethnic identity.
Navajo Indians -- Ethnic identity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jacobsen, Kristina M. Sound of Navajo country. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469631851 (DLC) 2016036180 (OCoLC)956501988
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