Sing Me Back Home: Ethnographic Songwriting and Sardinian Language Politics by K

Description: Sing Me Back Home by Kristina Jacobsen This multi-sensory ethnography invites readers and listeners to discover the Italian island of Sardinia through storytelling, music, and song. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Set on the Italian island of Sardinia, Sing Me Back Home explores language and culture through songwriting as an ethnographic method. Based on thirteen months of ethnographic fieldwork writing songs with Sardinian musicians, artisans, shepherds, poets, and language activists, Kristina Jacobsen asks: How are Sardinian lives and language ideologies narrated against the backdrop of American music?The book shows how Sardinian musicians sing their own history between the lines. It reveals how Sardinian songs become a site of transduction where, through the process of songwriting, recording, and performance, the energy from one genre of music and lingua-culture is harnessed to signal another one much closer to home.Sing Me Back Home is accompanied by original songs written and recorded in the field, with links to songs in each chapter. It includes songwriting prompts and lyrics, a glossary of key terms, and photographs from the field. Drawing on work from critical collaborative research, auto-ethnography, public anthropology, arts-based research, and ethnographic poetry, this sensory ethnography offers new ways for us to hear culture through stories and songs. Author Biography Kristina Jacobsen is an associate professor of ethnomusicology and anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Table of Contents Note: House on Swallow StreetPreface1. Introduction2. The Saddle of the DevilsPonte / Bridge3. Semus Torrande / Were Going BackPonte / Bridge4. Sounding Grezzo5. A Figment of the Past6. We Are All Texinians Now7. ConclusionAppendix A: Cowriting PromptsAppendix B: Song LyricsGlossaryBibliography Review "Sing Me Back Home demonstrates the strength and efficiency of ethnographic songwriting as a research tool. On a solid self-reflexive framework, Kristina Jacobsen develops a close dialogue with a group of Sardinian people, singing in English and in the Sardinian language, offering a rich and original interpretation of the islands contemporary linguistic dynamics and music culture."--Ignazio Macchiarella, University of Cagliari"Based on thirteen months of fieldwork, Kristina Jacobsen takes us on a lush journey through the musical and linguistic traditions in Sardinia, Italy. She accomplishes this through the impressive, layered array of immersive and creative ethnographic methods she conducted while dwelling in the daily life of rural and urban Sardinia. Through this rich and detailed account, Jacobsen offers us an ethically meaningful model for how researchers might conduct fieldwork through the collaborative co-creation of artistic works with the communities we partner with. A fascinating and essential read for creative ethnographers and the fields of anthropology and ethnomusicology."--Kael Reid, York University"In Sing Me Back Home, Kristina Jacobsen delivers a brilliant ethnography that connects language study to musical co-creation and performance. Through her sensuous descriptions of Sardinian social life, Jacobsen offers us a new way to explore the hidden dimensions of language, song, and culture, demonstrating how collaborative song co-creation leads to a deep comprehension of the human condition. This soulful work is destined to become an anthropological classic."--Paul Stoller, West Chester University Details ISBN1487553862 Author Kristina Jacobsen Publisher University of Toronto Press Series Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781487553869 Format Paperback Imprint University of Toronto Press Subtitle Ethnographic Songwriting and Sardinian Language Politics Place of Publication Toronto Country of Publication Canada Alternative 9781487553852 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Illustrations 20 colour illustrations, 3 b&w tables ISBN-10 1487553862 Pages 290 Publication Date 2024-09-24 UK Release Date 2024-09-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161872772;

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