Musical Intimacies and Indigenous Imaginaries explores several styles performed in the vital aboriginal muscial scene in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, focusing on fiddling country music, Christian hymnody, and step dancing. In considering these genres and the contexts in which they are performed, author Byron Dueck outlines a compelling theory of musical publics, examines the complex, overlapping social orientations of contemporary musicians, and shows how music and dance play a central role in a distinctive indigenous public culture. - back cover.