Fiddling for Norway: Revival and Identity

by Chris Goertzen

Book Overview

Fiddling for Norway is an engrossing portrait of a fiddle-based folk revival in Norway, one that in many ways parallels contemporary folk institutions and festivals throughout the world, including American fiddling. It is a detailed case study in the politics of culture, the causes and purposes of folk revivals, and the cultivation of music to define identity.

The book begins with an investigation of the people and events important to Norwegian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226300501
• ISBN13: 9780226300504
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"