On the other side of the genre boundary : an anthropological analysis of compromises as jazz musicians' strategy of action
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The fieldwork conducted in Belgrade during the summer and autumn of 2017 was oriented towards jazz musicians, and their strategies of action, in gist, implied playing other popular music genres through compromise – function work. Such business tactics are a consequence of jazz musicians’ ever-insecure position, but strategic goals have changed over time with the nature of that insecurity. Going beyond the genre boundary first became a means of securing the profession itself after WWII due to (foreign-)political and ideological influences, whereas from the 1960s to date, it has been the economic guaranty of the survival of many jazz musicians. Playing folk music is one of the observed strategies analysed through a broader sociopolitical, socioeconomic. and professional context.
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jazz musicians / strategy of action / compromise / music genres / function work / SerbiaSource:
Traditiones : zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje = acta Instituti ethnographiae Slovenorum., 2019, 48, 3, 21-41Publisher:
- Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje, Ljubljana, Slovenija
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- From Cultural Heritage to Modern Society - an anthropological study of Serbia (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177035)
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Etnologija i antropologija / Ethnology and AnthropologyTY - JOUR AU - Milosavljević, Ljubica AU - Ilić, Vladimira PY - 2019 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6011 AB - The fieldwork conducted in Belgrade during the summer and autumn of 2017 was oriented towards jazz musicians, and their strategies of action, in gist, implied playing other popular music genres through compromise – function work. Such business tactics are a consequence of jazz musicians’ ever-insecure position, but strategic goals have changed over time with the nature of that insecurity. Going beyond the genre boundary first became a means of securing the profession itself after WWII due to (foreign-)political and ideological influences, whereas from the 1960s to date, it has been the economic guaranty of the survival of many jazz musicians. Playing folk music is one of the observed strategies analysed through a broader sociopolitical, socioeconomic. and professional context. PB - Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje, Ljubljana, Slovenija T2 - Traditiones : zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje = acta Instituti ethnographiae Slovenorum. T1 - On the other side of the genre boundary : an anthropological analysis of compromises as jazz musicians' strategy of action EP - 41 IS - 3 SP - 21 VL - 48 DO - 10.3986/Traditio2019480302 ER -
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Milosavljević, L.,& Ilić, V.. (2019). On the other side of the genre boundary : an anthropological analysis of compromises as jazz musicians' strategy of action. in Traditiones : zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje = acta Instituti ethnographiae Slovenorum. Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje, Ljubljana, Slovenija., 48(3), 21-41. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2019480302
Milosavljević L, Ilić V. On the other side of the genre boundary : an anthropological analysis of compromises as jazz musicians' strategy of action. in Traditiones : zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje = acta Instituti ethnographiae Slovenorum.. 2019;48(3):21-41. doi:10.3986/Traditio2019480302 .
Milosavljević, Ljubica, Ilić, Vladimira, "On the other side of the genre boundary : an anthropological analysis of compromises as jazz musicians' strategy of action" in Traditiones : zbornik Inštituta za slovensko narodopisje = acta Instituti ethnographiae Slovenorum., 48, no. 3 (2019):21-41, https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2019480302 . .