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Indigenous Religious Musics (SOAS Studies in Music) - Softcover

Book 55 of 79: SOAS Studies in Music

Harvey, Graham

 
9781138263383: Indigenous Religious Musics (SOAS Studies in Music)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138263389 ISBN 13: 9781138263383
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Celebrating the diversity of indigenous nations, cultures and religions, the essays which comprise this volume discuss the musics performed by a wide variety of peoples as an integral part of their cultural traditions. These include examinations of the various styles of Maori, Inuit and Australian Aboriginal musics, and the role of music in Korean Shaman rituals. Indeed, music forms a key component of many such rituals and belief systems and examples of these are explored amongst the peoples of Uganda, Amazonia and Africa. Through analysis of these rituals and the part music plays in them, the essays also open up further themes including social groupings and gender divisions, and engage with issues and debates on how we define and approach the study of indigeneity, religiosity and music. With downloadable resources featuring some of the music discussed in the book and further information on other available recordings, this is a book which gives readers the opportunity to gain a richer experience of the lived realities of indigenous religious musics.

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About the Author

Karen Ralls-MacLeod and Graham Harvey

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138263389
ISBN 13 
9781138263383
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
Editor
Ralls-MacLeod Karen