Música de Chiloé

Waldo Garrido is adjunct fellow at Macquarie University and lecturer in music performance at the University of Western Sydney.Dan Bendrups is lecturer in research education and development at La Trobe University.Philip Hayward is adjunct professor of communications at the University of Technology Sydney and adjunct professor of arts and social sciences at Southern Cross University.

• IntroductionChapter 1: History and cultureChapter 2: Folklore, tourism and musicChapter 3: Contemporary music, cultural identity and social justiceChapter 4: Creative engagements with Chilote culture: Viaje a Chiloé and The Moviolas

Música De Chiloé makes an empirically rich and detailed contribution to this broader relational turn in island scholarship by focusing upon “the traditional music and dance cultures of Chiloé, their relation to and position within regional folklore, and the manner in which they have been modified and extended by contemporary artists engaging with these traditions” (p.2). . . the book deftly draws out relations between island life, modernity, tradition, tourism, social activism and music. This provides a fascinating interpretation of island life which will appeal to many disciplines; including, but not confined to, music studies, island studies, geography and cultural studies in particular. . . . throughout the book is full of rich empirical and ethnographic insight and perspective. It will appeal well to anyone interested in the specific islands under consideration, and for those interested in how humans, culture, politics, social, material and aesthetic relations more generally come together to shape island life and experience. . . . Música De Chiloé is a highly original, useful and fascinating text. I highly recommend it.