{"product_id":"sing-me-back-home-ethnographic-songwriting-and-sardinian-language-politics-paperback-softback-9781487553869","title":"Sing Me Back Home; Ethnographic Songwriting and Sardinian Language Politics (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487553869","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSing Me Back Home\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthnographic Songwriting and Sardinian Language Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKristina Jacobsen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487553869\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on the Italian island of Sardinia, \u003cem\u003eSing Me Back Home\u003c\/em\u003e explores language and culture through songwriting as an ethnographic method. Based on thirteen months of ethnographic fieldwork writing songs with Sardinian musicians, artisans, shepherds, poets, and language activists, Kristina Jacobsen asks: How are Sardinian lives and language ideologies narrated against the backdrop of American music?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book shows how Sardinian musicians sing their own history between the lines. It reveals how Sardinian songs become a site of transduction where, through the process of songwriting, recording, and performance, the energy from one genre of music and lingua-culture is harnessed to signal another one much closer to home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSing Me Back Home\u003c\/em\u003e is accompanied by original songs written and recorded in the field, with links to songs in each chapter. It includes songwriting prompts and lyrics, a glossary of key terms, and photographs from the field. Drawing on work from critical collaborative research, auto-ethnography, public anthropology, arts-based research, and ethnographic poetry, this sensory ethnography offers new ways for us to hear culture through stories and songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNote: House on Swallow Street\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. The Saddle of the Devils\u003cbr\u003ePonte \/ Bridge\u003cbr\u003e3. Semus Torrande \/ We\u0026amp;#x2019;re Going Back\u003cbr\u003ePonte \/ Bridge\u003cbr\u003e4. Sounding Grezzo\u003cbr\u003e5. A Figment of the Past\u003cbr\u003e6. We Are All Texinians Now\u003cbr\u003e7. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Cowriting Prompts\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Song Lyrics\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595947143448,"sku":"9781487553869","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sing-me-back-home-ethnographic-songwriting-and-sardinian-language-politics-paperback-softback-9781487553869","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}