The Crooked Stovepipe
Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:1st Aug '93
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Named for a popular local fiddle tune, The Crooked Stovepipe is a rollicking, detailed, first-ever study of the indigenous fiddle music and social dancing enjoyed by the Gwich'in Athapskan Indians and other tribal groups in northeast Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Though the music has obvious roots in the British Isles, French Canada, and the American South, the Gwich'in have used it in shaping their own aesthetic, which is apparent in their choice of fiddle tunings, bowing techniques, foot clogging, dances, and a distinctively stratified tune repertoire.
ISBN: 9780252019968
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 513g
256 pages