Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-234) and index. Includes discography: p. [xiii]-xiv.
Contents:
Introducion: In search of tradition -- A venture to the field -- Travels to the center of the square -- "Well, you'll learn" : transmission, affiliation, and competence -- "Speaking may relieve thee" : texted events and eventful texts -- "A strange land and a peculiar people" : mediating local color -- "At home in transience" : traveling culture and the politics of nostalgia.
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