Nationalism in Music
Author
Fox, Abigale Margaret
Term
4. term
Publication year
2024
Submitted on
2024-05-31
Pages
4446
Abstract
This project asks how ethnomusicology—the study of music in its social and cultural context—can reveal nationalistic identity in the United States and Denmark. Using case examples from 2002–2023, it examines how nationalism influences and is expressed through music, identifying both subtle, everyday signals (banal nationalism) and more overt, confrontational forms (aggressive nationalism). Through a comparative analysis, the study presents nationalism as a spectrum and shows that musical expressions vary with each country’s culture and events.
Dette projekt undersøger, hvordan etnomusikologi—studiet af musik i sociale og kulturelle sammenhænge—kan afdække nationalistisk identitet i USA og Danmark. Med eksempler fra 2002–2023 analyseres, hvordan nationalisme påvirker og kommer til udtryk i musik, både gennem subtile, hverdagslige signaler (banal nationalisme) og mere tydelige, konfronterende former (aggressiv nationalisme). Den komparative tilgang viser nationalisme som et spektrum, hvor musiske udtryk varierer i takt med hver nations kultur og begivenheder.
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