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The premiere volume of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music series offers a comprehensive view of African music as a vital part of the social and ... More

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"African Music" is devoted to ethnographic, anthropological, musicological, and popular studies of sub-Saharan African music from the 1890s to the ... More

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First popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon, the a cappella music known as "isicathamiya" has become internationally celebrated as ... More

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The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and ... More

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This first ethnographic study of the American folk music revival that began in the late 1980s examines its people, economy, and politics. Covering ... More

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Here in one volume is a comprehensive look at the folk and traditional musics of the European continen - from Ireland to the new republics of Georgia ... More

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Expert writers present the major traditions of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, together with personal accounts of performers, ... More

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A first-hand exploration of the diverse roles music plays in people's lives.

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Like that Biblical, astronomical star of Bethlehem, The Christmas Carol Reader guides readers on their quest for information about Christmas songs. ... More

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Bringing together material from the areas of documentary, fandom and animation, Movie Music, the Film Reader comprises an important first collection ... More

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Bringing together material from the areas of documentary, fandom and animation, Movie Music, the Film Reader comprises an important first collection ... More

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Since its founding in 1964, the United Republic of Tanzania has used music, dance, and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and ... More

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This ethnography of hiplife, a popular Ghanaian music genre combining hip-hop with highlife music, shows how young hiplife artists in Ghana and its ... More

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A critical examination of core issues in social and cultural theory.

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Whether one likes Bhangra or not, whether one celebrates it or denigrates it, whether one prefers the hybrid to the pure, it is in so many places ... More

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This volume makes available the full range of the American/Canadian musical experience, covering for the first time in print all major regions, ... More

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In this volume, sixty-eight of the world's leading authorities explore and describe the wide range of musics of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri ... More

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The folk scene of the 50s and 60s changed the way popular music is listened to today. The preeminent music showcase of the genre was Folk City in ... More

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Tawa examines the musical traditions brought to America by the peasants and urban workers of southern Italy, the Middle East, and eastern Europe, and ... More

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