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Semionauts of Tradition: Music, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Singapore

Semionauts of Tradition: Music, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Singapore

Lizeray, Juliette Yu-Ming
Lum, Chee-Hoo

Hardcover

General MusicGeneral SociologySoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 9811310106
ISBN13: 9789811310102
Publisher: Springer
Published: Feb 12 2019
Pages: 249
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book explores questions of identity, cultural change and creativity from the perspective of contemporary musicians currently engaged in redefining Asian musical traditions and notions of heritage in Singapore. Drawing on the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology, Semionauts of Tradition focuses on emerging millennial musicians and explores the complex and interwoven cultural, national, musical, and personal identifications in their discourse and music practice. It shows how they create fluid, hybrid and counter-hegemonic forms of expression, representation and identity through their navigation of diverse cultural worlds, their incorporation of a myriad of elements into their own identities and music, and their contestations of preconceived notions of difference and tradition. The book exposes paradoxes within current thinking about 'multiracialism', 'racial harmony', the 'East/West divide' and 'tradition versus modernity, ' and proposes new ways of understanding identity, cultural change and creativity in a highly globalised, and diverse nation. This highly-original polyvocal account of a burgeoning music scene includes photos, musical scores and reaction pieces by musicians. It is a timely contribution to global discussions about 'multiculturalism from below, ' as well as musical, cultural and national identities in a postcolonial Southeast Asian setting, from the viewpoint of artists engaged in creative meaning-making.

This captivating book explores - with tremendous intellectual vitality - the dialectic relationships between the cultural, ethnic and national identities of Singapore's creative youth, and their creative practice. A compelling read!

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