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Studies in Maltese Popular Music
This book examines the diverse facets of popular music in Malta, paying special attention to għana (Malta’s folk song), the wind band tradition, and modern popular music. Ciantar provides intriguing discussions and examples of how popular music on this small Mediterranean island country interacts with other aspects of the island’s life and culture such as language, religion, history, customs, and politics. Through a series of ethnographic vignettes, the book explores the music as it takes place in bars, at festivals, and during village celebrations, and considers how it is talked about in the local press, at group gatherings, and on social media. The ethnography adopted here is that of a native musician and ethnomusicologist and therefore marries the author’s memories with ongoing observations and their evaluation.
Competing Ideologies in Greek Culture, Ancient and Modern
By using both modern and ancient sources, this volume explores the relationship between official religion and popular belief in Greece, as illustrated by the relations between competing ideologies, or the relationship between ideology and mentality. It shows that the communicative aspect of the religious festival is central, and allows the reader to get to know other sides of Greece than the picture that today dominates the news resulting from the economic crisis with which the county has struggled for several years.
Contextualising Narrative Inquiry
The contributors to this edited collection have all used narrative inquiry in their research into a range of topics and in a range of contexts.
Seasons in the Literatures of the Medieval North
A fresh examination of how the seasons are depicted in medieval literature.
Folklore
None
Histories of Malta
Very useful work on many aspects of Maltese life and personages
