Identifier
etd-03212015-032141
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Communication Studies
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This project argues for the use of performative writing as a methodology for writing about musical performances. An analysis of recent scholarship on music and musical performances written by performance studies scholars supports the use of performative writing in texts that address musical performances. In order to further this methodological claim, this study uses performative writing to document both historical and present day accounts of musical performances of street musicians in New Orleans. Utilizing Foucault’s theories on and Roach’s model of genealogy, Bruner’s notion of reflexive ethnography, and Small’s concept of musicking, I theorize, on a meta-methodological level, that performative writing enhances genealogy and reflexive ethnographic research, while simultaneously acting as an extension of the music or musical performance about which it is written.
Date
2015
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
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Recommended Citation
Ganster, Savannah Cadi Rose, "Musicking New Orleans Street Musicians: A Methodology for Writing About Music" (2015). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2832.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2832
Committee Chair
Shaffer, Tracy Stephenson
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.2832