Radiation Sounds

Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences

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Author(s)
Schwartz, Jessica A.
Collection
Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME)
Language
English
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Abstract
Jessica A. Schwartz examines the seventy-five years of Marshallese music developed in response to the United States’ nuclear weapons testing on their homeland, showing how Marshallese singing practices make heard the harmful effects of US nuclear violence.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51653
Keywords
songs; voice; democracy; , harmony; Indigenous; decolonization; sense/sensibility
DOI
10.1215/9781478021919
ISBN
9781478091813, 9781478021919, 9781478013686, 9781478014614, 9781478091813
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/
Publication date and place
Durham, 2021
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Classification
Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands
Theory of music and musicology
Pages
311
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/