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Author Alajaji, Sylvia, 1979- author.

Title Music and the Armenian diaspora : searching for home in exile / Sylvia Angelique Alajaji.

Publication Info. Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Ethnomusicology multimedia
Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
Ethnomusicology multimedia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ottoman Empire, 1890-1915 -- New York, 1932-1958 -- Beirut, 1932-1958 -- Beirut, 1958-1980 -- California.
Summary Survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915 and their descendants have used music to adjust to a life in exile and counter fears of obscurity. In this nuanced and richly detailed study, Sylvia Angelique Alajaji shows how the boundaries of Armenian music and identity have been continually redrawn: from the identification of folk music with an emergent Armenian nationalism under Ottoman rule to the early postgenocide diaspora community of Armenian musicians in New York, a more self-consciously nationalist musical tradition that emerged in Armenian communities in Lebanon, and more recent clashes over music and politics in California. Alajaji offers a critical look at the complex and multilayered forces that shape identity within communities in exile, demonstrating that music is deeply enmeshed in these processes. Multimedia components available online include video and audio recordings to accompany each case study.
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Subject Armenians -- Foreign countries -- Music -- History and criticism.
Armenians -- Foreign countries.
Music.
Expatriate musicians -- Social conditions.
Expatriate musicians.
Social conditions.
Musicians -- Armenia (Republic) -- Social conditions.
Musicians.
Armenia (Republic)
Music -- Armenia -- History and criticism.
Armenia.
Musicians -- Armenia -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Alajaji, Sylvia, 1979- Music and the Armenian diaspora 9780253017550 (DLC) 2015008802 (OCoLC)904756051
ISBN 9780253017765 (electronic book)
0253017769 (electronic book)
9780253017550
0253017556
9780253017611
0253017610