Mongolian Sound Worlds

Book Overview

Music cultures today in rural and urban Mongolia and Inner Mongolia emerge from centuries-old pastoralist practices that were reshaped by political movements in the twentieth century. Mongolian Sound Worlds investigates the unique sonic elements, fluid genres, social and spatial performativity, and sounding objects behind new forms of Mongolian music--forms that reflect the nation's past while looking towards its globalized future. Drawing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252086449
• ISBN13: 9780252086441
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 310 Pages