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Minority language, majority canon

Hill, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-8818 2012. Minority language, majority canon. Popular Music History 7 (3) , pp. 283-300.

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Abstract

In this article I explore the idea of ‘canon’ in a lesser spoken language culture. The sense of ‘canon’ in Welsh popular music is intimately related to political and cultural activity, and ‘canonical’ figures are often inseparable from their involvement in the movement to secure a future for the Welsh language. By examining the relationship between the Anglo-American ‘majority’ canon and its ‘minority’ Welsh counterpart, I engage with the process of historicizing Welsh popular music on its own musical and chronological terms as but one in a possible network of ‘microcanons’ that exist to challenge Anglo-American cultural dominance

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Music
Subjects: M Music and Books on Music > M Music
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
ISSN: 1740-7133
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2023 02:31
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58439

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