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Métis Music: Stories of Recognition and Resurgence

Métis Music: Stories of Recognition and Resurgence

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Series: McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies, Book 108

Country & FolkIndigenous Studies

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ISBN10: 0228022266
ISBN13: 9780228022268
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: Oct 15 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.09 Depth: 8.98
Language: English

What makes music Métis, and who gets to decide? Complex dynamics of recognition, non-recognition, and erasure have played out over a history of Métis music-making, from the Red River Resistance all the way to the present day.
Monique Giroux argues that Métis music reflects broader social relationships, in particular the politics of recognition. Drawing on newspaper articles, archival documents, interviews with Métis and non-Métis musicians, and over a decade of research at cultural festivals, she charts a history of reframings: a changing but problematic relationship whereby settlers define the boundaries of acceptance to assert control over Métis identity and culture. Complicating this narrative, Giroux points to the many ways Métis have resisted settler recognition and erasure - both within mainstream old-time fiddling and at Métis-run events where people have continued to gather, tell stories, and draw on music to rebuild relationships in a time of resurgence.

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