Welshness and Choral Singing: Cognitive and Sociohistorical Aspects of Cultural Identity in North Wales

Furthermore, how those outside a group see those inside can also affect identity-creation. Because cultural identity so often includes music and musical activities, identity studies abound in ethnomusicology (e.g., Waterman 1990; Sugarman 1999; Jones-Bamman 2006; and Román-Velázquez 2006). [...]some...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian journal for traditional music 2015-01, Vol.42 (1), p.89
1. Verfasser: Johnstone, Jennifer
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Zusammenfassung:Furthermore, how those outside a group see those inside can also affect identity-creation. Because cultural identity so often includes music and musical activities, identity studies abound in ethnomusicology (e.g., Waterman 1990; Sugarman 1999; Jones-Bamman 2006; and Román-Velázquez 2006). [...]some people's perception of me and the project notably changed when my husband was introduced into a fieldwork situation. After several adults said to me: "That guy is really Welsh," and "Well, we're one of the most Welsh choirs in North Wales," I began to respond with: "Are some people more Welsh than others?" One major caveat is that by asking them this question, I might have inadvertently encouraged them to think of Welshness as a graded concept. [...]individuals' concepts of Welshness might be so bound up with certain salient factors (language, for instance) that they do not even realize why they think about Welshness in the way that they do. [...]a statistical test called an analysis of variance, or ANOVA, was run on these data in order to see whether the differences in the types of songs chosen across groups were significant.
ISSN:1920-4213
1920-4221