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Italian traditional song in Toronto: from autobiography to advocacy
Revue d'études canadiennes • 29 (1) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 74-89
By: Del Giudice, Luisa.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Moving from remembered moments in her own personal life '…to traditional song in the life of Toronto's Italian community, the author employs both emic (insider) and etic (outsider) perspectives in this preliminary ethnomusicologic history of the group (genres, contexts, performers, means of diffusion, role of media). Several key factors account for the transformation of Italian Canadian tradition: intergenerational dynamics, biculturalism, hierachies of prestige (currents of regionalism, dialect, and peasant tradition intersecting those of pan-Italian, national, and bourgeois culture). The rediscovery of traditional song as a means of reintegrating and revitalizing cultural identity is advocated' (p. 74).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Ethos
- Cultural participation
- Radio and television
- Music
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Italian Canadians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Folklorist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1985-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Luisa Del Giudice
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 87-88)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79644299
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italians--Canada