Recording Culture: Powwow Music and the Aboriginal Recording Industry on the Northern Plains

by Christopher A. Scales

Book Overview

Recording is central to the musical lives of contemporary powwow singers yet, until now, their aesthetic practices when recording have been virtually ignored in the study of Native American expressive cultures. Recording Culture is an exploration of the Aboriginal music industry and the powwow social world that supports it. For twelve years, Christopher A. Scales attended powwows--large intertribal gatherings of Native American singer-drummers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822353385
• ISBN13: 9780822353386
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"