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Performing on the margins : conversations with Torres Strait Islander women about contemporary music / Katelyn Barney and Lexine Solomon.

By: Contributor(s): Brisbane : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland, c2010Description: viii, 151 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 map, facsims., ports. ; 26 cm + 1 digital video disc (18 min.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.82099438 22
Contents:
Part 1: Wading into the waters: introduction: beginnings; background to the Torres Strait Region and mainland migration; positioning; why did we decide to do the project together?; literature; marginalisation -- Searching for pearls: the research process: roles and responsibilities; fieldwork experiences: collaborators and companions; the process of transcription and analysis; relationship as research -- Part 2: Looking inside the trochus shell: conversations with Torres Strait Islander performers and music industry representatives : Conversation: identity; Conversation: being a Torres Strait Islander woman; Conversation: performance and recording -- Crossing the waters with song: expressing identity and connecting to the islands through contemporary song -- Swimming to the surface: Torres Strait Islander women performers' search for recognition, voice, support: in/visibility of Torres Strait Islander women performers in the media; Conversation: recognition and voice; Conversation: support and access -- Riding the wave together: reflections and future directions: Reflecting on research with (in) a community of Torres Strait Islander women performers; Future directions; Conversation: the strength of Torres Strait Islander women -- Appendices: Update for participants; List of some Torres Strait islander women performers; Interviews with Torres Strait Islander women performers and music industry representatives -- DVD contains segments of interviews with women featured in the text.
Summary: "Torres Strait Islander women perform a diverse range of musical styles across Australia. Many of these performers are known within their own communities, yet they strive for greater recognition in the wider Australian community. Through conversations with Torres Strait Islander women performers and music industry representatives, this report documents a collaborative research project with Torres Strait Islander women who perform in contemporary music contexts."--Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 780.82 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 66549

Bibliography : p. 130-151.

Part 1: Wading into the waters: introduction: beginnings; background to the Torres Strait Region and mainland migration; positioning; why did we decide to do the project together?; literature; marginalisation -- Searching for pearls: the research process: roles and responsibilities; fieldwork experiences: collaborators and companions; the process of transcription and analysis; relationship as research -- Part 2: Looking inside the trochus shell: conversations with Torres Strait Islander performers and music industry representatives : Conversation: identity; Conversation: being a Torres Strait Islander woman; Conversation: performance and recording -- Crossing the waters with song: expressing identity and connecting to the islands through contemporary song -- Swimming to the surface: Torres Strait Islander women performers' search for recognition, voice, support: in/visibility of Torres Strait Islander women performers in the media; Conversation: recognition and voice; Conversation: support and access -- Riding the wave together: reflections and future directions: Reflecting on research with (in) a community of Torres Strait Islander women performers; Future directions; Conversation: the strength of Torres Strait Islander women -- Appendices: Update for participants; List of some Torres Strait islander women performers; Interviews with Torres Strait Islander women performers and music industry representatives -- DVD contains segments of interviews with women featured in the text.

"Torres Strait Islander women perform a diverse range of musical styles across Australia. Many of these performers are known within their own communities, yet they strive for greater recognition in the wider Australian community. Through conversations with Torres Strait Islander women performers and music industry representatives, this report documents a collaborative research project with Torres Strait Islander women who perform in contemporary music contexts."--Back cover.

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