Making Aboriginal Men and Music in Central Australia

by Åse Ottosson and Ase Ottosson

This detailed ethnographic study explores the intercultural crafting of contemporary forms of Aboriginal manhood in the world of country, rock and reggae music making in Central Australia. Focusing on four different musical contexts - an Aboriginal recording studio, remote Aboriginal settlements, small non-indigenous towns, and tours beyond the musicians' homeland - the author challenges existing scholarly, political and popular understandings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474224628
• ISBN13: 9781474224628
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"