05031nam 22005055 450 991030985610332120200705112012.0981-13-1011-410.1007/978-981-13-1011-9(CKB)4100000007463699(MiAaPQ)EBC5637229(DE-He213)978-981-13-1011-9(EXLCZ)99410000000746369920190116d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSemionauts of Tradition Music, Culture and Identity in Contemporary Singapore /by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, Chee-Hoo Lum1st ed. 2018.Singapore :Springer Singapore :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (255 pages)981-13-1010-6 Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: On Tradition, Youth and Music in Contemporary Singapore -- Chapter 2: Where got Singapore Sound? -- Chapter 3: Collaborative Creativity: Perspectives from a Contemporary Instrumental Group in Singapore -- Chapter 4: Strategic authenticity and the ‘new Malay’: an ethnomusicological case study of NADI Singapura -- Chapter 5: Creative Processes and Musical Analysis -- Chapter 6: Music, Chineseness and the Quest for the Cool -- Chapter 7: Musings about Education and Professional Development -- Chapter 8: ‘Identities’ in Context of Ethnomusicology in the Singapore Music Scene -- Chapter 9: Perspectives on fieldwork in Singapore’s music scene -- Chapter 10: Voice of the Musicians - Commentaries and Reflections -- Acknowledgements.This book explores questions of identity, cultural change and creativity from the perspective of contemporary musicians currently engaged in redefining Asian musical traditions and notions of heritage in Singapore. Drawing on the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology, Semionauts of Traditionfocuses on emerging millennial musicians and explores the complex and interwoven cultural, national, musical, and personal identifications in their discourse and music practice. It shows how they create fluid, hybrid and counter-hegemonic forms of expression, representation and identity through their navigation of diverse cultural worlds, their incorporation of a myriad of elements into their own identities and music, and their contestations of preconceived notions of difference and tradition. The book exposes paradoxes within current thinking about ‘multiracialism’, ‘racial harmony’, the ‘East/West divide’ and ‘tradition versus modernity,’ and proposes new ways of understanding identity, cultural change and creativity in a highly globalised, and diverse nation. This highly-original polyvocal account of a burgeoning music scene includes photos, musical scores and reaction pieces by musicians. It is a timely contribution to global discussions about ‘multiculturalism from below,’ as well as musical, cultural and national identities in a postcolonial Southeast Asian setting, from the viewpoint of artists engaged in creative meaning-making. "This captivating book explores - with tremendous intellectual vitality - the dialectic relationships between the cultural, ethnic and national identities of Singapore’s creative youth, and their creative practice. A compelling read!" Dr Liora Bresler, Professor, University of Illinois "A well-researched and thoughtfully well-written book about the diverse forms of music in Singapore and the musicians who created it." - Jeremy Monteiro, jazz pianist, singer, composer, and music educator "This wonderfully lucid and compelling book analyzes the musical and cultural creativity of young Singaporean musicians growing up in a multicultural and ethnically plural society, bringing Asian and Western musical cultures into creative dialogue." - Dr Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Professor Emeritus, Tufts University "A thought provoking dialogue on contemporary Singaporean music!" -Eric Watson, composer, conductor, music technologist and pedagogue.MusicCultural studiesSoutheast Asia—HistoryMusichttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/417000Cultural Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22040History of Southeast Asiahttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/715050Music.Cultural studies.Southeast Asia—History.Music.Cultural Studies.History of Southeast Asia.781.59903Lizeray Juliette Yu-Mingauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut999554Lum Chee-Hooauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910309856103321Semionauts of Tradition2294294UNINA04108nam 2200685 a 450 991095689780332120251117070250.09786613150578978128315057612831505739780300154580030015458510.12987/9780300154580(CKB)2670000000095635(OCoLC)738476109(CaPaEBR)ebrary10480872(SSID)ssj0000520771(PQKBManifestationID)11913707(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520771(PQKBWorkID)10514838(PQKB)11047013(MiAaPQ)EBC3420702(DE-B1597)485355(DE-B1597)9780300154580(Au-PeEL)EBL3420702(CaPaEBR)ebr10480872(CaONFJC)MIL315057(OCoLC)923596208(OCoLC)738476109(EXLCZ)99267000000009563520101214d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAfghanistan how the West lost its way /Tim Bird and Alex Marshall1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (310 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780300154573 0300154577 Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-298) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --INTRODUCTION --CHAPTER ONE. THE GREAT ENIGMA: Afghanistan in historical context --CHAPTER TWO. 9/11 AND THE RESPONSE, 11-25 SEPTEMBER 2001 --CHAPTER THREE. 'BOOTS ON THE GROUND': From the arrival of the CIA to the emergency Loya Jirga, 26 September 2001-June 2002 --CHAPTER FOUR. 'TAKING THE EYE OFF THE BALL?' THE ROOTS OF TALIBAN REVIVAL IN AFGHANISTAN, 2002-05 --CHAPTER FIVE. RETURN TO THE 'FORGOTTEN WAR', 2006-08 --CHAPTER SIX. THE PAKISTAN PROBLEM --CHAPTER SEVEN. SILVER BULLETS AND THE SEARCH FOR AN EXIT, 2009-11 --CONCLUSION --NOTES --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEXIn October 2001, NATO forces invaded Afghanistan. Their initial aim, to topple the Taliban regime and replace it with a more democratic government aligned to Western interests, was swiftly achieved. However, stabilizing the country in the ensuing years has proven much more difficult. Despite billions of dollars in aid and military expenditure, Afghanistan remains a nation riddled with warlords, the world's major heroin producer, and the site of a seemingly endless conflict between Islamist militants and NATO forces. In this timely and important book, Tim Bird and Alex Marshall offer a panoramic view of international involvement in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2011. Tackling the subject matter as a whole, Bird and Marshall weave together analysis of military strategy, regional context, aid policy, the Afghan government, and the many disagreements between and within the Western powers involved in the intervention. Given the complicating factors of the heroin trade, unwelcoming terrain, and precarious relations with Pakistan, the authors acknowledge the ways in which Afghanistan has presented unique challenges for its foreign invaders. Ultimately, however, they argue that the international community has failed in its self-imposed effort to solve Afghanistan's problems and that there are broader lessons to be learned from their struggle, particularly in terms of counterinsurgency and the ever-complicated work of "nation-building." The overarching feature of the intervention, they argue, has been an absence of strategic clarity and coherence.Afghan War, 2001-2021StrategyAfghan War, 2001-2021.Strategy.958.104/7Bird Tim1962-1853979Marshall Alex1976 November 2-116793MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956897803321Afghanistan4450944UNINA