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Hardcover. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226265049
ISBN
9780226265049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.92

Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226265056
ISBN
9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226265025
ISBN
9780226265025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGU; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556527616
ISBN
9781556527616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.78

Hardcover. Trash has been blowing across the rock 'n' roll landscape since the first amplified guitar riff tore through American mass culture. Throwaway tunes, wasted fans, crappy reviews. In this book, Steven L. Hamelman guides us across five decades of rock to explore the trash trope in all of its audible, visual, and emblematic power. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325361
ISBN
9780820325361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.57
€ 68.19

Paperback. "The Beach Boys have been rolling, like the tide their great songs evoke, for more than thirty years, reaching professional peaks and tragic personal depths. In this electrifying account Steven Gaines" Num Pages: 416 pages, 66 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306806476
ISBN
9780306806476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.05

Hardback. Looks at the vernacular cosmopolitanism of a group of jazz players in Ghana, who have traveled widely, played with American jazz greats, and blended Coltrane with local instruments and philosophy. This book describes their cosmopolitan outlook as an accoustemology, a way of knowing the world through sound. Num Pages: 328 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351481
ISBN
9780822351481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.96

Paperback. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound Num Pages: 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression. 344 pages, 27 illustrations (including 2 in colour), 5 tables, 1 map. Introduces the anthropology of sound, or the cultural study of sound. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; AVGH; HBTB; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight: 498.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353652
ISBN
9780822353652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. The story of one of the most influential and controversial jazz recordings of the twentieth century Series: Jazz Perspectives. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, printed music items. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472034482
ISBN
9780472034482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

Hardcover. "Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature" is a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways that African American hot musicminstrelsy, ragtime, jazz, and especially bluesemerged into the American cultural mainstream in the nineteenth century and ultimately dominated both American music and literature from 1920 to 1929." Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVGK; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817318659
ISBN
9780817318659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.25
€ 60.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932595895
ISBN
9781932595895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.45

Paperback. From original Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler comes a tale of sex, drugs, excess, hairspray and and intense 20-year struggle with addiction. Num Pages: 304 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGT; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007368488
ISBN
9780007368488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.51

Paperback. Metal and punk enjoyed a charged, intimate relationship that informed both genres in terms of sound, image, and discourse. This book traces this connection back to the early 1970s, when metal first asserted its identity and punk arose independently. Num Pages: 398 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVGT; AVGU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257177
ISBN
9780520257177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Ecco
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062475589
ISBN
9780062475589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.50

Paperback. The incredible journey of the world's most recorded song through an astonishing diversity of musical genres, from gospel to heavy metal, to become a cultural icon. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W Halftones. BIC Classification: AVGD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Lion Hudson Plc London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New
SKU
KNW0007896
ISBN
9780745951782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. An examination of how musical activity has been transformed by contemporary production practices Series: Tracking Pop S. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472035533
ISBN
9780472035533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. aeo Informed by original ethnographic research and oral history into popular music and youth culture. aeo Presents a broad--ranging history from the post--Punk era of the late 70a s through the 80a s to the internationalisation ---- or globalisation ---- of sport and music influenced youth and dance clubcultures of the 1990s. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGF; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631197898
ISBN
9780631197898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.35

Hardback. Responds to the separation of 'youth' and 'pop' in the 1980s and the fragmentation of the audience for popular music in the 1990s, arguing for a redefinition of the conceptual apparatus needed to explain developments in popular music culture - from the rise of 'Clubcultures' to the future of the popular music scene. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGF; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631197881
ISBN
9780631197881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.45

Paperback. What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158. Series: 33 1/3. 128 pages, illustrations. What binds this series together, and what brings it to life, is that all of the authors - musicians, scholars, and writers - are deeply in love with the album they have chosen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; AVGP. Dimension: 167 x 121 x 11. Weight: 150.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826416346
ISBN
9780826416346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Sees pop music journalism as a form of cultural criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Steve. Series: Sound Matters S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: AVGP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399661
ISBN
9781566399661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.30

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