TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kai Åberg
PY  - 2015
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653044119
TI  - «These Songs Tell About Our Life, You See»
T2  - Music, Identity and Gender in Finnish Romani Music
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-04411-9
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048652
N2  - Based on intensive fieldwork among the Finnish Roma, the Kaale, between 1995 and 2015, this book explores their traditional songs. It presents an introduction to the subject of traditional Romani music and offers different interpretations of how the Roma themselves produce meaning for the songs. Performing the music is not a repetition of heritage – instead, the meanings of the songs are aimed at different contexts of everyday life in various musical practices. They not only maintain a community spirit, but also underline gender identity or create a boundary with the majority population.
KW  - Kaale, traditionals songs, Roma
LA  - English
ER  -