How black electronic dance music makes it possible to reorganize life within the contemporary city. Teklife, Ghettoville......more
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When many people think of African music, the first ideas that come to mind are often of rhythm, drums, and dancing. Thes......more
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Everyday Musical Life among the Indigenous Bunun, Taiwan contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday ......more
Ethnomusicologists face complex and challenging professional landscapes for which graduate studies in the field do not f......more
Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance offers a new look at the complex intersections between jazz......more
Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance offers a new look at the complex intersections between jazz......more
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Freedom is the oldest human value. Traditionally, though, freedom has been seen in rather abstract terms: as something t......more
This book traces Dàdàkúàdá’s history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoru......more
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Winner of the James Tait Black Prize for Biography An autobiographical exploration of the role and meaning of music in o......more
Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from Ngiembɔɔn communiti......more
The relationship between musical activity and ethical significance occupies long traditions of thought and reflection bo......more
For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they ......more
For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they ......more
Made in Nusantara serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, ethnography, and musicology of histo......more
This book is an investigation into church music through the lens of performance theory, both as a discipline and as a th......more
For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they ......more
For decades, ethnomusicologists across the world have considered how to affect positive change for the communities they ......more
Contributions by Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, Benjamin Burkhart, Ivy Chevers, Martha I. Chew Sánchez, Athena Elafros, Willia......more
Contributions by Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, Benjamin Burkhart, Ivy Chevers, Martha I. Chew Sánchez, Athena Elafros, Willia......more
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There are many biographies and histories of early country music and its creators, but surprisingly little attention has ......more
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This edited volume explores the richness and diversity of Christian musical traditions in the Americas. The essays prese......more
"Relax Baby Be Cool is a trip into unraveling the mind and genius of one of the greatest artists of all time. Although G......more
Studying the role of music within religious congregations has become an increasingly complex exercise. The significant v......more
In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and p......more
In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and p......more
From the late 1990s until today, China’s sound practice has been developing in an increasingly globalized socio-politica......more
In the summer of 1978, the B-52’s conquered the New York underground. A year later, the band’s self-titled debut album b......more
Ambient Sufism is a study of the intertwined musical lives of several ritual communities in Tunisia that invoke the heal......more
Ambient Sufism is a study of the intertwined musical lives of several ritual communities in Tunisia that invoke the heal......more
At Home in Our Sounds illustrates the effect jazz music had on the enormous social challenges Europe faced in the afterm......more
Our day-to-day musical enjoyment seems so simple, so easy, so automatic. Songs instantly emanate from our computers and ......more
Our day-to-day musical enjoyment seems so simple, so easy, so automatic. Songs instantly emanate from our computers and ......more
By the end of the Second World War, Germany was in ruins and its Jewish population so gravely diminished that a rich cul......more
Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York begins in 1960s New York and examines in rich detail the playing styles......more
Improvising Sabor: Cuban Dance Music in New York begins in 1960s New York and examines in rich detail the playing styles......more
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This book brings together researchers from twelve countries in Latin America to reflect on the social dimensions of meta......more
At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by wagi......more
At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by wagi......more
Sonic Overload offers a new, music-centered cultural history of the late Soviet Union. It focuses on polystylism in musi......more
Modernism has remained a pivotal focus of debate in musicology well into the twenty-first century, and recent critiques ......more
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Sonic ethnography makes a compelling argument for taking sound seriously as a crucial component of social life and as an......more
How do you love and not like the same thing at the same time? This was the riddle that met Mississippi writer B. Brian F......more
How do you love and not like the same thing at the same time? This was the riddle that met Mississippi writer B. Brian F......more
What is the place of ethnic minorities in the identity and culture of the majority? What happens when the colonizer appr......more
Theological Stains offers the first in-depth study of the development of art music in Israel from the mid-twentieth cent......more
The Arabesk Debate describes the way in which Turkish musicians discuss, dispute, and attribute meanings to their music.......more
The Eurovision Song Contest is famous for its camp spectacles and political intrigues, but what about its actual music? ......more
Should we talk of European jazz or jazz in Europe? What kinds of networks link those who make it happen ’on the ground’?......more
Growing out of the collaborative research of an American ethnomusicologist and Zimbabwean musician, Paul F. Berliner and......more
China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is experiencing a crisis of securitization and mass incarceration. In Soundsca......more
China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is experiencing a crisis of securitization and mass incarceration. In Soundsca......more
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Made in Finland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, culture, a......more
Made in Finland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, culture, a......more
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Music Downtown Eastside draws on two decades of research in one of North America’s poorest urban areas to illustrate how......more
A monumental study of musical practices in 18th century Santiago de Chile, and the only English-language monograph about......more
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Mamie Smith’s pathbreaking 1920 recording of "Crazy Blues" set the pop music world on fire, inaugurating a new African A......more
Mamie Smith’s pathbreaking 1920 recording of "Crazy Blues" set the pop music world on fire, inaugurating a new African A......more
Music in Conflict studies the complex relationship of musical culture to political life in Palestine-Israel, where confl......more
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Harmony and Normalization: US-Cuban Musical Diplomacy explores the channels of musical exchange between Cuba and the Uni......more