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"In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music fe…
"In Ethnomusicologizing: Essays on Music in the New Paradigms, composer and musicologist brings together a series of essays on music making in contemporary culture. More specifically, it focuses on the myriad ways we engage with music--as makers, as listeners, as consumers, as p…
Exploring and celebrating individual lives in diverse situations, Women Singers in Global Contexts is a new departure in the study of women's worldwide music-making. Ten unique women constitute the heart of this volume: each one has engaged her singing voice as a central element…
Music and globalization: critical encounters
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The musical heritage of slavery : from Creolization to "world music" / Denis-Constant Martin My life in the bush of ghosts : "world music" and the commodification of religious experience / Steven Feld A place in the world : globalization, music, and cultural identity in contempo…
Popular music and human rights
by Peddie, Ian
fromAshgate popular and folk music series
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Pt. 1. Liturgy, performance healing. Ensnare the thief in the house of the wind : negotiating musical routes of baul-ness / Bertie Kibreah ; Transcending boundaries: Javanese Wayang Kulit without the shadows / Sarah Weiss ; Variations for new themes : recent liturgical developme…
The chapters in 'Resounding Transcendence' are unified by a common concern for the ways sacred music effects cultural, political, and religious transitions in the contemporary world. Together, the contributors describe the ways musical transition sounds belief and action togethe…
Craft. A German connoisseur in cosmopolitan England ; An English craftsman discovers world music -- Science. Sound in historical time ; Scales around the world ; Is it noise, or is it music? ; Music's global archive -- Commerce. Phonographs around the world ; Americans abroad : …