"Transregional Politics of Throat-Singing as Cultural Heritage in Inner and Central Asia, a special issue"

[Johanni Curtet]

I am pleased to announce the publication of a special issue entirely dedicated to khöömii of the "Asian Music" journal, in which I participated:

Transregional Politics of Throat-Singing as Cultural Heritage in Inner and Central Asia, a special issue
ASIAN MUSIC, Volume 52, Number 2, Summer/Fall 2021

Charlotte D’Evelyn, Guest Editor
Robert O. Beahrs, Andrew Colwell, Associate Guest Editors
Johanni Curtet, Assistant Guest Editor

Table of Contents

• From the Editor, Ricardo D. Trimillos
• From the Guest Editors, Charlotte D'Evelyn, Robert O. Beahrs, Andrew Colwell

Grounding Heritage

• Cradle of Drone-Overtone and Timbre-Centered Music: Cultural -Landscapes of the Indigenous Peoples of the Altai Mountain Range and Its Neighboring Areas, Carole Pegg
• Propriety, Property, and Heritage in the Performance of Mongol Khöömii, Andrew Colwell
• Gifts of the Sygytchy-Sons: Tethering Melodies to Land, Kin, and Life Energy at the Khöömei Ovaa, Tyva Republic, Robert O. Beahrs

Transregional Responses

• Khöömii, World Lists, and the Question of Representation, Johanni Curtet
• Khöömii, Chooryn Duu, and Dissonant Heritage in Inner Mongolia, China, Charlotte D'Evelyn
• (Re)Claiming a Vocal Vernacular: Revival and Modernization of Kömei in Contemporary Kazakh Music, Saida Daukeyeva

Afterword

• Khöömei and Heritage: An Afterword, Theodore Levin
• Khöömei—Ambassador to the World: An Afterword, Valentina Süzükei translated by Sean Quirk

Informations, order: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/45261