Abstract
The paper presents perspectives on mainly post-WW2 popular music currents in the Faroe Islands and Iceland with an emphasis on popular music trends that made it to the Faroes compared with Iceland and elsewhere. The Faroes’ position as a micro-nation and minor culture on the periphery of Europe has cultivated a cultural climate where romanticist notions of folk art have had stronger grounding compared to modernist notions of art and tradition. Nation building has been a dominant theme in Faroese music culture in the 20th century, even stretching into the 21st century, and the late arrival of many popular music forms can be read in a postcolonial perspective where a small northern island nation assimilates select popular music currents and leaves out others.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | In preparation - 14 Jun 2022 |
| Event | Iceland and the Faroe Islands seen from within and without: Cross-cultural perspectives, 17th -21st century - University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Duration: 14 Jun 2022 → 16 Jun 2022 https://miarctic.org/news/iceland-and-the-faroe-islands-seen-from-within-and-without-cross-cultural-perspectives-17th-21st-century |
Conference
| Conference | Iceland and the Faroe Islands seen from within and without: Cross-cultural perspectives, 17th -21st century |
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| Country/Territory | Faroe Islands |
| City | Tórshavn |
| Period | 14/06/22 → 16/06/22 |
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Keywords
- Nation-building
- Music
- Identity
- Tradition
- Modernity
- national romanticism
- Modernism
- Travel writing
- Traditional music
