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Alexander, K. (2016). Cape Breton Girl: Performing Cape Breton at Home and Away with Natalie MacMaster. MUSICultures, 43(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/25261
Abstract
Normative gendered and ethnic Scottish Cape Bretoner identity is constructed through traditional music and dance performance and practice. This article examines how Natalie MacMaster constructs her gendered and ethnic identities as normative and quintessentially Cape Breton through her stage performances both on the island and internationally. The vision of Scottish Cape Bretonness she crafts shapes the perceptions and expectations of Cape Breton held by non-islander consumers of the island’s Scottish culture. As an unofficial cultural ambassador, MacMaster’s every performance, at home and away, becomes a tourism encounter that ties Cape Bretonness to ethnic whiteness, traditionalism, and heteronormativity.- The author retains copyright over the work.
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