anth398d/2a meeting 11 (draft)
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ANTH398D - Ethnomusicology
Meeting 11 – Deviant
November 13, 2007
Wrapping Up
Two Blocks from the Edge
• Next Two Weeks– Attali– Stokes
• Last Week– Singing Stream
Wrap-Up Threads
• “Exam preparation”• Themes/issues came back repeatedly• Linking with specific weeks/readings
Becker
Becker Themes
Musicians
Music Specialists
• Religious parallels• Time spent• Status• Music-thinking• Creativity• Individualism
What musicians are like
• Music as gift (parallel Kingsbury)• Creativity vs. financial well-being• Subversion/reaction toward broader society• “Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll”
Euro-American Conceptions of Musicians
• Hedonism• Money• Specialisation• Performance• Purity (“Art for Art’s Sake”)
Rockstar
• Heavily sexualized• Anti-intellectual• Emotional• Virile• Rebel• Working class• Deviant
Stereotypical portrait of WAM musician
• Pro• Geek, Nerd• Brainy• Bourgeois• Reactionary• Effeminate• Asexual• Technically proficient
Other Actors
• Promoters• Venue owners• Managers• VJs• Music critics• Musickers• “The Public”
Tarantella Neapolitan
Beer Barrel Polka Mitch Miller
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Diana Krall
Giant Steps John Coltrane
Random Abstract (Diddle-It) The Branford Marsalis Quartet
First Thing In The Morning Oregon
Witchi-Tai-To Oregon
Lemon Incest Serge Gainsbourg
J'aurais Voulu être Un Artiste Starmania
Pour un ami condamné Diane Dufresne
Dreamer Supertramp
Becker Research
• Ethnography?• Not upfront (p. 84)• Becker as insider going out to look in• Selected quotes• Insight• Create model
“Culture” in Sociology
• Start from group– Even dyad
• Subcultures–Minority groups– Occupational culture–Marginality and deviance
• Parallels in folkloristics
Marginality or Deviance?
• Topography or law?• Position or statistics?
Defining Group
• Through musical performance– Activity/occupation– Recognised membership (embedded evaluation)
• Internal norms• Social pressure• Distinction Jazz/Commercial• Other dance musicians?• Importance of “exceptions”
Audience
• Social pressure– Giving in to audience needs
• Connection–Making people happy
Identity Negotiation
• Conceptualizing Squares and Squareness• Difference/distinction• Exclusion–Who is excluding whom?
Musician Speech
• Language fads (“daddio”)• Enduring features (swearing)• Informality
Insider language
• “Esoteric” knowledge (“inside joke”)• Signals difference
Ethnic Angle
• Ethnicity matters or not?• Ethnic slurs as almost respectful• Codification of ethnic diversity
Sex Angle
• Machismo and sexism– Gender roles– Attitudes toward sex/gender
• Sexual prowess• Exclusion