Muir, SPK orcid.org/0000-0002-1622-651X (2013) From the Shtetl to the Gardens and Beyond: Identity and Symbolic Geography in Cape Town’s Synagogue Choirs. In: Krüger, S and Trandafoiu, R, (eds.) The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Musical Migration and Tourism. Routledge Research in Ethnomusicology . Routledge , New York , pp. 209-229. ISBN 9780415640077
Abstract
With data drawn from a fieldwork visit to South Africa (February 2012), I set out the different ways in which the two remaining Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogue choirs in Cape Town’s Jewish community have engaged in innovative strategies to encourage greater service attendance in new and existing members. Using a variety of methodologies, from interviews with singers to internet-based research involving social media websites, I show how a community with apparently common origins expresses a range of conflicting identities, and constructs multiple and apparently contradictory symbolic geographies that emerge as manifestations of a variety of historical and contemporary aspects of globalization.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | South Africa; Jewish music; Synagogue music; Identity; Choral music; Choirs |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Music (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2013 11:24 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jan 2021 10:17 |
Published Version: | https://www.routledge.com/The-Globalization-of-Mus... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Series Name: | Routledge Research in Ethnomusicology |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9780203082911 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76215 |