From the book flap description: "Why do some pidgins die out or change only very slowly, whereas others creaolize completely within a single generation? What factors in the social context trigger or retard the linguistic processes involved in pidginization and creolization and how? This unique collection is the first devoted entirely to the investigation of the social conditions surrounding the formation of pidgins and creoles, an area of research that has been attracting increasing attention among creolists and sociolinguists. The notion that social foces are the crucial factor in determining where and when pidginization will occur is a fundamental assumption underlying the work of this volume. The contributions explore this problem under the assumption that pidginization and creolization are not freak events exampt from the laws governing ordinary linguistic processes but rather that pidginazation and creolization are combinations of these same ordinary linguistic processes that can be predicted to occur whenever and wherever the proper social conditions are extant.  The problem is to isolate the significant factors of the social environment that are necessary or sufficient to trigger the formation of pidgin and creole languages."

Social Context of Creolization

Washabaugh, William

Woolford, Ellen

Karoma Pub

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain explores the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural identity. Further, it aims to demonstrate that these Andalusian efforts form part of the ambitious project of rethinking the nation-state of Spain, and of reconsidering the nature of national identity. A salient theme in this book is that the development of notions of style and identity are mediated by social institutions. Specifically, the book documents the development of flamenco's musical style by tracing the genre's development, between 1880 and 1980, and demonstrating the manner in which the now conventional characterization of the flamenco style was mediated by krausist, modernist, and journalist institutions. Just as importantly, it identifies two recent institutional forces, that of audio recording and cinema, that promote a concept of musical style that sharply contrasts with the conventional notion. By emphasizing the importance of forward-looking notions of style and identity, Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain makes a strong case for advancing the Spanish experiment in nation-building, but also for re-thinking nationalism and cultural identity on a global scale.

Arts & Photography

Music

Routledge

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain explores the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural identity. Further, it aims to demonstrate that these Andalusian efforts form part of the ambitious project of rethinking the nation-state of Spain, and of reconsidering the nature of national identity.   A salient theme in this book is that the development of notions of style and identity are mediated by social institutions. Specifically, the book documents the development of flamenco's musical style by tracing the genre's development, between 1880 and 1980, and demonstrating the manner in which the now conventional characterization of the flamenco style was mediated by krausist, modernist, and journalist institutions. Just as importantly, it identifies two recent institutional forces, that of audio recording and cinema, that promote a concept of musical style that sharply contrasts with the conventional notion. By emphasizing the importance of forward-looking notions of style and identity, Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain makes a strong case for advancing the Spanish experiment in nation-building, but also for re-thinking nationalism and cultural identity on a global scale.

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

Ashgate Publishing

Flamenco: Passion, Politics and Popular Culture (Explorations in Anthropology)

Flamenco is renowned for its passion and flamboyance. Yet because it generates such visceral responses, it is often overlooked as a site for subtler discourses.This absorbing book articulates powerful and convincing arguments on such key subjects as ethnicity, irony, authenticity, the body and resistance. Franco's 'politics of original sin' had left its mark on every aspect of Spanish life between 1936 and 1975, and flamenco music was no exception. Although widely portrayed as an apolitical, even frivolous form of entertainment, flamenco is shown here to have played a role in both the strategies of Franco's supporters and of those who opposed him. The author explores how the meaning of flamenco shifts according to the social, cultural and historical contexts within which it appears. In so doing, he demonstrates that flamenco is an ideal subject for analyzing the construction and appropriation of popular culture, given the way in which it was developed for middle-class audiences, converted into grand spectacle, and conscripted to serve political ends.

On the surface, fishing is all about casting, catching and communing with nature, but on a deeper level, the sport is filled with mysteries and contradictions. Why do people fish? How does a desire to return to nature go hand in hand with high-tech gadgetry? How is it possible to see other people's fishing as despoiling nature but not one's own? What does the long and complex history of the sport reveal? Like so much else in life, what fishing says about society and the people in it -- both past and present -- is hidden from view and almost never discussed.This book is a considered foray into the leisure sport of fishing by an avid fisherman who is also a professional anthropologist. Those who enjoy the sport tend to extol its naturalness - fishing enables them to commune with nature at its most primeval. However, if it's called natural, it's probably a great spot to trawl for clues as to how people manage larger cosmic issues. 'Call it natural,' the author quips, 'and the anthropologists will come.' Is fishing an uncomplicated activity, or is it deeply meaningful? What does it say about culture? Is the recent resurgence of interest in the sport simply a reflection of more disposable incomes and more leisure time? What is the connection between fishing and Santa Claus? fishing and flamenco? And finally, what is the best way to kiss a trout? Unlike most books on fishing, which focus on the tale or on 'how-to', this book shows that there is much more lurking beneath the surface than fish.

Deep Trout: Angling in Popular Culture

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

On the surface, fishing is all about casting, catching and communing with nature, but on a deeper level, the sport is filled with mysteries and contradictions. Why do people fish? How does a desire to return to nature go hand in hand with high-tech gadgetry? How is it possible to see other people's fishing as despoiling nature but not one's own? What does the long and complex history of the sport reveal? Like so much else in life, what fishing says about society and the people in it -- both past and present -- is hidden from view and almost never discussed.This book is a considered foray into the leisure sport of fishing by an avid fisherman who is also a professional anthropologist. Those who enjoy the sport tend to extol its naturalness - fishing enables them to commune with nature at its most primeval. However, if it's called natural, it's probably a great spot to trawl for clues as to how people manage larger cosmic issues. 'Call it natural,' the author quips, 'and the anthropologists will come.' Is fishing an uncomplicated activity, or is it deeply meaningful? What does it say about culture? Is the recent resurgence of interest in the sport simply a reflection of more disposable incomes and more leisure time? What is the connection between fishing and Santa Claus? fishing and flamenco? And finally, what is the best way to kiss a trout? Unlike most books on fishing, which focus on the tale or on 'how-to', this book shows that there is much more lurking beneath the surface than fish.

Deep Trout

El flamenco es conocido por su pasión y su exuberancia. Pero este libro absorbente también expone ideas sólidas y convincentes sobre temas clave relacionados con él, como la etnicidad, la ironía, la autenticidad, el cuerpo y la resistencia. La política franquista hizo mella en todos los aspectos de la vida española entre 19 36 y 1975, y la música flamenca no fue una excepción. Aunque el flamenco se describe comúnmente como una forma de entretenimiento apolítica e incluso frívola, el autor de esta obra pone de manifiesto que contribuyó a consolidar tanto las estrategias franquistas como las de oposición al régimen. La obra investiga de qué modo el significado de esta forma de expresión varía según los contextos sociales, históricos y culturales en los que aflora: una vez desarrollada para un público de clase media, acabó convirtiéndose en un gran espectáculo y siendo utilizada con fines políticos. Así, fruto de esta investigación, el libro demuestra que el flamenco constituye una materia ideal para analizar la construcción y la apropiación de algunas formas de la cultura popular.

Flamenco: Pasion, politica y cultura popular / Passion, Politics and Popular Culture (Paidos De Musica / Paidos of Music) (Spanish Edition)

Paidos Iberica, Ediciones S. A.

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Social Context of Creolization

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

Flamenco: Passion, Politics and Popular Culture (Explorations in Anthropology)

Flamenco: Passion, Politics and Popular Culture (Explorations in Anthropology)

Deep Trout: Angling in Popular Culture

Deep Trout

Flamenco: Pasion, politica y cultura popular / Passion, Politics and Popular Culture (Paidos De Musica / Paidos of Music) (Spanish Edition)