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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136642403321

Autore

Pedelty Mark

Titolo

A Song to Save the Salish Sea : Musical Performance as Environmental Activism / / Mark Pedelty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-253-02316-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Collana

Music, nature, place

Disciplina

780/.0304

Soggetti

Environmentalism - Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

Music - Political aspects - Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

Ecomusicology - Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: why environmentalist music? -- Bellingham's Dana Lyons: the artful activist -- Victoria's Raging Grannies: an unstoppable force -- Turtle Island's Idle No More: the aural art of protest -- Vancouver's Bobs & Lolo: raindrop pop -- Surrey's artist response team: art for ecology -- Orcas Island's Irthlingz: community art as activism -- Victoria's Towers and Trees: together alone online -- Conclusion: common themes and connections.

Sommario/riassunto

He concludes with a discussion of "applied ecomusicology," considering ways this book might be of use to activists and musicians at the community level.