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Nettl´s Elephant
Bruno Nettl
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Description for Nettl´s Elephant
Paperback. A highly personal narrative on the evolution of the field Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
From one of the most lauded scholars in ethnomusicology comes this enlightening and highly personal narrative on the evolution and current state of the field of ethnomusicology. Surveying the field he helped establish, Bruno Nettl investigates how concepts such as evolution, geography, and history serve as catalysts for advancing ethnomusicological methods and perspectives. This entertaining collection covers Nettl's scholarly interests ranging from Native American to Mediterranean to Middle Eastern contexts while laying out the pivotal moments of the field and conversations with the giants of its past. Nettl moves from reflections on the history of ethnomusicology to evaluations of the ... Read more
From one of the most lauded scholars in ethnomusicology comes this enlightening and highly personal narrative on the evolution and current state of the field of ethnomusicology. Surveying the field he helped establish, Bruno Nettl investigates how concepts such as evolution, geography, and history serve as catalysts for advancing ethnomusicological methods and perspectives. This entertaining collection covers Nettl's scholarly interests ranging from Native American to Mediterranean to Middle Eastern contexts while laying out the pivotal moments of the field and conversations with the giants of its past. Nettl moves from reflections on the history of ethnomusicology to evaluations of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
432g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077425
SKU
V9780252077425
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About Bruno Nettl
Bruno Nettl is professor emeritus of music and anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the author of The Study of Ethnomusicology: Thirty-One Issues and Concepts and many other books.
Reviews for Nettl´s Elephant
A brilliant collection by a renowned author who has for decades shaped thinking in the field on which he reflects in these essays. . . . No other author could write with such authority and personal experience about ethnomusicology.
from the foreword by Anthony Seeger, author of Why Suya Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People Light and ... Read more
from the foreword by Anthony Seeger, author of Why Suya Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People Light and ... Read more