Music Downtown Eastside : human rights and capability development in music of urban poverty / Klisala Harrison

Author:: Harrison, Klisala
Published:: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

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'Music Downtown Eastside' explores how human rights are at play in the popular music practices of homeless and street-involved people who feel that music is one of the rare things that cannot be taken away of them. It draws on two decades of ethnographic research in one of Canada's poorest urban neighborhoods, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Klisala Harrison takes the reader into popular music jams and therapy sessions offered to the poorest of the poor in churches, community centers and health organizations. There she analyzes the capabilities music-making develops, and how human rights are respected, promoted, threatened, or violated in those musical moments.

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9780197535103 (ebook)

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Specialized.

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Also issued in print: 2020.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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