Music and Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East (eBook)

Geopolitical Re-Configurations for the 21st Century

Maria M. Rijo Lopes da Cunha, Jonathan Shannon, Søren Møller Sørensen, Virginia Danielson (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 1. Auflage
XVIII, 301 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-3-031-36279-8 (ISBN)

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This edited volume offers innovative perspectives on the study of music as cultural diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a region often overlooked in such discussions. It offers an innovative contribution to the field of ethnomusicology, as well as political science and international relations, by highlighting the agency of non-state actors (local voices, communities, and grassroots organizations), thereby contributing towards de-centering the state, hitherto conceived as the chief player in cultural diplomacy.

This volume is divided into four main parts organized along the following themes: 1. History and Historiography, 2. Migration, Diaspora, and Ethics, 3. Statecraft and Music Making, and 4. Affective and Sensorial Diplomacy. The perspectives offered in this volume offer a deeper exploration of bottom-up initiatives of cultural diplomacy through music, instead of the more usual analyses of top-down, state-directed programmes. Overall, the aim is to reconceptualize Middle Eastern, North African and Arab Gulf musical practices in their relationship to power and cultural diplomacy in order build a broader and pluri-dimensional account of these contentious relationships.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.1.2024
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 301 p. 20 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Arabic Studies • Cultural Diplomacy • Middle East • music • Performance • Power
• ISBN-10: 3-031-36279-9 / 3031362799
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-36279-8 / 9783031362798