INDIGENISATION AND SOCIO-POLITICAL IDENTITY IN THE KANEKA MUSIC OF NEW CALEDONIA

Authors

  • David Goldsworthy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v3i2.28764

Keywords:

kaneka music, world music

Abstract

Dedicated to the memory of Alexis Poindipenda, lead singer of Jemaa, who died in a tragic accident in 1994. David Goldsworthy's study of the development of contemporary kaneka music in New Caledonia emphasises the manner in which, in specific local contexts, contemporary music can be created and propagated as an means of expressing contemporary cultural ·- and political-difference despite the stylistic profusion and (supposed) inclusiveness of world music/world beat as late 20th Century categories and frames of reference

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Published

2015-10-06

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How to Cite

Goldsworthy, D. (2015). INDIGENISATION AND SOCIO-POLITICAL IDENTITY IN THE KANEKA MUSIC OF NEW CALEDONIA. Perfect Beat, 3(2), 15-31. https://doi.org/10.1558/prbt.v3i2.28764