The Garland Handbook of African Music (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Stone, Ruth M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Garland Handbook of African Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 1, Africa, (1997). Revised and updated, the essays offer detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135900007
• Artikelnr.: 42725262

Autorenporträt

Ruth Stone is Associate Vice Provost for Research and Laura Boulton Professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and the African Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Audio Examples
List of Contributors
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Orthography
Part 1 Introduction to African Music
Profile of Africa
African Music in a Constellation of Arts
Exploring African Music
Part 2 Issues and Processes in African Music
Notation and Oral Tradition
Conceptions of Song: Ownership
Rights
and African Copyright Law
Dance in Communal Life
Islam in Liberia
The Guitar in Africa
Kru Mariners and Migrants of the West African Coast
Popular Music in Africa
Music and HIV/AIDS in Africa
Questions for Critical Thinking: Issues and Processes in African Music
Part 3 Regional Case Studies
West Africa
West Africa: An Introduction
Yoruba Popular Music
"The Tradition" and Identity in a Diversifying Context
Questions for Critical Thinking: West Africa
North Africa
North Africa: An Introduction
Tuareg Music
From Village to Vinyl: Genealogies of New Kabyle Song
Questions for Critical Thinking: North Africa
East Africa
East Africa: An Introduction
Music and the Construction of Identity among the Abayudaya (Jewish People) of Uganda
Questions for Critical Thinking: East Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa: An Introduction
Musical Life in the Central African Republic
Questions for Critical Thinking: Central Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa: An Introduction
Popular Music in South Africa
Dance and Gender as Contested Sites in Southern Malawian Presbyterian Churches
Questions for Critical Thinking: South Africa
General Questions for the Whole Book
Glossary
A Guide to Publications
A Guide to Recordings
A Guide to Films and Videos
Notes on the Audio Examples
Index