essay

Music, modernization, and westernization among the Macuma Shuar

cultural transformations and ethnicity in modern ecuador • Urbana • Published In 1981 • Pages: 731-748

By: Belzner, William.

Abstract
This is a study of Shuar music and culture change. Belzner discusses traditional Shuar music and instruments. He then examines the influence of western popular and religious music on Shuar music form and practice. Belzner finds that the Shuar have been able to keep the two traditions separate, i.e., no westernization and syncretism has occurred. For the Shuar, music is a means to gain power. Where western music worked to undermine Shuar independence and self-sufficiency, it was rejected and used only superficially in context of Shuar-White interactions.
Subjects
Acculturation and culture contact
Music
Musical instruments
Missions
culture
Jivaro
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
South America
Sub Region
Amazon and Orinoco
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard ; 2005
Field Date
1978
Coverage Date
1978
Coverage Place
Macuma, Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador
Notes
William Belzner
Includes bibliographical references (p. 747-748)
LCCN
81004402
LCSH
Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians