An edition of Putting a Song on Top of It (2004)
Putting a Song on Top of It
Expression And Identity on the San Apache Reservation
By David W. Samuels
Publish Date
September 30, 2004
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Language
eng
Pages
324
Description:
"As in many Native American communities, people on the San Carlos Apache reservation in southeastern Arizona have for centuries been exposed to contradictory pressures. Using insights gained from both linguistic and musical practices in the community - as well as from his own experience playing in an Apache country band - David Samuels explores the complex expressive lives of these people to offer new ways of thinking about cultural identity. Samuels analyzes how people on the reservation make productive use of popular culture forms to create and transform contemporary expressions of Apache cultural identity."--Jacket.