Maltese Australian Ghana Performance and Debates of Home

Klein, Eve

doi:10.1080/07256860500074011

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“…One is that music becomes an important medium for maintaining contact with the culture of the home country (Boura ; Gross et al . ; Klein ). The musical practices of diasporic communities are often related to the culture of the homeland (Klein ; Maya Knauer ).…”

Section: Results: Context Space Memory and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Likewise, music can have different functions depending on the group's position in its new (diasporic) situation: if a group's cultural capital significantly changes in a new society, the original meaning of its music may change (Bailey ). There are also generational differences in the way people in diasporic situations relate to the music of their homeland (Chapman ; Klein ).…”

Section: Results: Context Space Memory and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a similar vein, Klein (), in her study of the Maltese‐Australian community, stresses the importance of “witnessing”, a concept invented by Oliver (), which refers to a group's reclamation and restoration of its subjectivity through musical performance. In musical performance, a subordinated group can act in a way that prevents them from being placed in the negative objectified position of “other”.…”

Section: Results: Context Space Memory and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One is that music becomes an important medium for maintaining contact with the culture of the home country (Boura 2006;Gross et al 1994;Klein 2005). The musical practices of diasporic communities are often related to the culture of the homeland (Klein 2005;Maya Knauer 2008). Another way is that music can be a medium for contacting and engaging in cultural exchange with diasporic communities in other countries.…”

Section: The Diasporic Situation and Cultural Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of music in ethnic identity formation in diaspora: a research review

Lidskog¹

2016

Int Social Sci J

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In many countries, multicultural citizenship has run into difficulties. The relation between immigrant groups and the larger society has come to the fore, and different strategies have been proposed for how to better integrate immigrants in their new surroundings. This paper focuses on how ethnic identities and cultures are maintained and transformed in diasporic situations, namely though music. Through a systematic review of academic articles published in the last 20 years, this paper investigates the role of music in cultural identity formation among ethnic groups. The review finds that the literature stresses four particular areas: context (the diasporic situation); space for recognition and resistance; time and memory to allow identity maintenance and transformation; and politics (social subordination or resistance). The paper concludes by stressing the importance of further studies on identity formation in diaspora, not least about diasporic consciousness as a resource and restriction in the social positioning and orientation of groups. A world characterised by migration, transnational networks and global flows, as well as by a reorientation of migration and integration policies, implies new conditions for identity‐formation, and music will continue to be an important way for immigrants and refugees to negotiate and develop their identities in their new setting.

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Section: Results: Context Space Memory and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Results: Context Space Memory and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Results: Context Space Memory and Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Diasporic Situation and Cultural Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of music in ethnic identity formation in diaspora: a research review

Lidskog¹

2016

Int Social Sci J

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“…The expression "he carries this in his heart" sheds light on how transmitted music -or genres -can mobilise personal and emotional ties to their homeland over generations. The example shows that music performs an important function in transferring a particular identity from the firstgeneration immigrants to those in the second and third generations who do not have their own experience of their parents' and grandparents' homeland (Klein 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%