First Nations popular music in Canada : identity, politics and musical meaning

In this thesis, First Nations popular music is examined as a polysemic sign (or symbolic form) whose meaning is mediated both socially and politically. Native popular music is a locus for the action of different social forces which interact in negotiating the nature and the meaning of the music....

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Main Author: Scales, Christopher Alton
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4433