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World Music: A Very Short Introduction
by
Philip V. Bohlman
Call Number: ML197 B676 W9 (Music Library stacks)
discusses World Music in the contexts of discovery/encounter, nationalism, diaspora, colonialism and globalization
Theory for Ethnomusicology
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Ruth M. Stone
Call Number: ML3798 S879 T3 (Music Library stacks)
outlines the core theoretical concepts that inform the field of ethnomusicology
The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-one Issues and Concepts
by
Bruno Nettl
Call Number: ML 3798 N475 S9 2005 (Music Library stacks)
explains what ethnomusicologists do and the ideological issues they address
Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays
by
Clifford Geertz
Call Number: online book
Essays on culture as it relates to religion, ritual, social change, nationalism, and ideology. Includes Geertz's influential essays on "thick description" and "deep play."
Modernity at large: cultural dimensions of globalization
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Arjun Appadurai
Call Number: online book
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