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Theory of African Music, Volume II
ISBN: PB + CD: 9780226456942, ISBN: HB + CD: 9780226456935, University of Chicago Press, November 2010
408 pp., 20.9x13.4 cm, 32 line drawings, 35 figures, 60 halftones
Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard Kubik draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study in many parts of the continen...
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£25,50
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Theory of African Music, Volume I
ISBN: PB + CD: 9780226456911, ISBN: HB + CD: 9780226456904, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
464 pp., 20.9x13.4 cm, 113 musical examples, 9 maps, 32 line drawings, 14 figures, 13 tables, 64 halftones
Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard Kubik draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study in many parts of the continen...
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Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency
ISBN: PB: 9780226429946, ISBN: HB: 9780226429939, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
408 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 tables, 5 halftones
Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U. S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting inten...
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£76,00
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Bards, Ballads and Boundaries An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan
ISBN: HB: 9781905422074, Seagull Books, March 2007
540 pp., 29.6x20.6 cm, 70 coluor maps, 34 tables, 124 colour illus.
"Bards, Ballads and Boundaries" presents an atlas of one of the world's richest historical musical traditions. The Atlas is a cartography and catalogue of musicians and music-making in the Western districts of Rajasthan State in contemporary India. B...
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£281,50
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Actors, Pilgrims, Kings and Gods The Ramlila of Ramnagar
ISBN: PB: 9781905422203, ISBN: HB: 9781905422197, Seagull Books, June 2006
258 pp., 23.4x15.8 cm, 62 halftones
The Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event, an annual, month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Men, women and children follow the course of th...
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£24,00
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£79,00
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