Sere Ni Cumu and the contemporary construction of place and identity in Taveuni, Fiji

Jennifer Cattermole

Sere Ni Cumu and the contemporary construction of place and identity in Taveuni, Fiji

Jennifer Cattermole

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Abstract

This paper examines a Fijian popular music genre known as sere ni cumu (‘bumping songs’). My research investigates how and why Fijians have used this genre to express and construct their sense of place and identity (that is, who they are and where they are from). It explores how Fijians have adopted and localised contemporary, globally disseminated popular music styles to create sere ni cumu; it also describes the way musicians use this music to articulate their real and imagined relationships to specific places (both natural and supernatural) and groups of people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Refereed papers from the 2nd International Small Island Cultures Conference
Subtitle of host publication	held at the Museum Theatre, Norfolk Island Museum, Kingston, Norfolk Island, 9-13 February 2006
Editors	Henry Johnson
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	SICRI
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	0975824635
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	International Small Island Cultures Conference (2nd : 2006) - Norfolk Island Duration: 9 Feb 2006 → 13 Feb 2006

Conference

Conference	International Small Island Cultures Conference (2nd : 2006)
City	Norfolk Island
Period	9/02/06 → 13/02/06

Keywords

Taveuni
Fiji
music

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Cattermole, J. (2006). Sere Ni Cumu and the contemporary construction of place and identity in Taveuni, Fiji. In H. Johnson (Ed.), Refereed papers from the 2nd International Small Island Cultures Conference: held at the Museum Theatre, Norfolk Island Museum, Kingston, Norfolk Island, 9-13 February 2006 (pp. 1-15). SICRI. http://www.sicri-network.org/ISIC2/e.%20ISIC2P%20Cattermole.pdf

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Cattermole, J 2006, Sere Ni Cumu and the contemporary construction of place and identity in Taveuni, Fiji. in H Johnson (ed.), Refereed papers from the 2nd International Small Island Cultures Conference: held at the Museum Theatre, Norfolk Island Museum, Kingston, Norfolk Island, 9-13 February 2006. SICRI, Sydney, pp. 1-15, International Small Island Cultures Conference (2nd : 2006), Norfolk Island, 9/02/06. <http://www.sicri-network.org/ISIC2/e.%20ISIC2P%20Cattermole.pdf>

Sere Ni Cumu and the contemporary construction of place and identity in Taveuni, Fiji. / Cattermole, Jennifer.
Refereed papers from the 2nd International Small Island Cultures Conference: held at the Museum Theatre, Norfolk Island Museum, Kingston, Norfolk Island, 9-13 February 2006. ed. / Henry Johnson. Sydney: SICRI, 2006. p. 1-15.

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Sere Ni Cumu and the contemporary construction of place and identity in Taveuni, Fiji

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