Description: Contemporary Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan, studies music in everyday life among the Bunun, an indigenous population in Taiwan, and embraces the range of musical engagements they follow.
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This everyday portrait of music in Bunun society is a significant contribution to the conversation about the reframing of "traditional/contemporary" binary in music studies. The book's multifaceted, localized and dialogic approach unsettles conventional musical representation of Bunun society. The topics range across genres, generations, spaces and identities, as well as agency, embodiment and materiality to produce insightful music reflection of one of Taiwan's most prominent indigenous communities. Meanwhile, nuanced analyses of music embodiment, vocality, and temporality shed new light on discussions about these important topics.
Nancy Yunhwa Rao, Rutgers University, author of Chinatown Opera Theater in North America