Description: Composing Aid : Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian Politics, Paperback by Shao, Oliver Y.; Shao, Oliver, ISBN 0253067650, ISBN-13 9780253067654, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Music and arts initiatives are often praised for their capacity to aid in the rehabilitation of refugees. However, it is crucial to recognize that this celebratory view can also mask the unequal power dynamics involved in regulating forced migration. In Composing Aid, Oliver Shao turns a critical ear towards the United Nations-run Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, one of the largest and oldest encampments in the world. This politically engaged ethnography delves into various cultural practices, including hip hop shows, traditional dances, religious ceremonies, and NGO events, in an urbanized borderland area beset with precarity and inequality. How do songs intersect with the politics of belonging in a space controlled by state and humanitarian forces? Why do camp authorities support certain musical activities over others? What can performing artists teach us about the inequities of the international refugee regime? Offering a provocative contribution to ethnomusicological methods through its focus on activist research, Composing Aid elucidates the powerful role of music and the arts in reproducing, contesting, and reimagining the existing migratory order.
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Book Title: Composing Aid : Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian Politics
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: Composing Aid : Music, Refugees, and Humanitarian Politics
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Ethnomusicology
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 11.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Oliver Shao
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Music
Series: Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
