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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265056
- ISBN
- 9780226265056
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. Treating issues of language, aesthetics, semiotics, and cognition, this book offers an evaluation and an original theory of the ways our cultural values have informed the metaphors we use to address music. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 colour plate, 7 halftones, 95 line drawings, 76 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 28. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273136
- ISBN
- 9780226273136
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.13
€ 51.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. With a glimpse of the daily life of European art and artists during the fertile last decades of the nineteenth century, this book is suitable for anyone passionate about opera. Editor(s): Conati, Marcello; Medici, Mario. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 halftones, musical examples throughout. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 654.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273891
- ISBN
- 9780226273891
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Arguing that jazz films create images of racial and sexual identity, many of which have become inseparable from popular notions of the music itself, this study explores the fundamental obsessions that American culture has brought to jazz in the cinema. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; AVGJ; AVGK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226277899
- ISBN
- 9780226277899
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Are talk shows turning everything they touch into freak shows? This book claims that the socially deviant may be featured on-air for ridicule in the public eye, but the result is empowerment through exploitation. The book illuminates the dilemmas and practicalities of media visibility. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: APT; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226280653
- ISBN
- 9780226280653
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Jazz is one of the most influential American art forms of our time. It shapes our ideas about musical virtuosity, human action, and new forms of social expression. In this text, Nicholas Gebhardt shows how the study of jazz can offer profound insights into American historical consciousness. Num Pages: 232 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226284675
- ISBN
- 9780226284675
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Bernard Gendron investigates five key historical moments when popular music and avant-garde art transgressed the rigid boundaries separating high and low culture to form friendly alliances. This volume offers a new way of thinking about the history of popular music. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226287379
- ISBN
- 9780226287379
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Gerhard explores the origins of "grand opera", arguing that its aesthetic innovations reflected not bourgeois tastes, but changes in daily life and psychological outlook produced by the rapid urbanization of Paris. The text explores eight operas composed by Verdi and Rossini, for example. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 520 pages, 23 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 32. Weight in Grams: 720.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226288581
- ISBN
- 9780226288581
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Hardcover. Presenting a history of American jazz, this work focuses on jazz criticism from the 1920s. It also talks about jazz's critics and the role they have played not only in defining the history of jazz, but also in shaping jazz's significance in American culture and life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 183 x 34. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289229
- ISBN
- 9780226289229
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.34
€ 41.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. Delving into the archives that document cross-cultural interactions between America and Germany, the author retraces these efforts to export culture as an instrument of nongovernmental diplomacy, paying particular attention to the role of conductors and uncovers the history of the musician as a cultural symbol of German cosmopolitanism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; AVG; GTJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226292168
- ISBN
- 9780226292168
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Hardcover. This text provides an analysis of Puccini's operas, complete with 190 musical examples. It considers his musical and dramatic techniques, demonstrating how his manipulation of dense networks of themes, sophisticated harmonic techniques and orchestrations work to arouse the audience's emotions. Translator(s): Basini, Laura. Num Pages: 453 pages, 190 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 453
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297576
- ISBN
- 9780226297576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.65€ 96.38
€ 117.65
€ 96.38
Paperback. Puccini's operas are among the most popular and widely performed in the world, yet few books have examined his body of work from an analytical perspective. This volume remedies that lack in lively prose accessible to scholars and opera enthusiasts alike. Translator(s): Basani, Laura; Basini, Laura. Num Pages: 530 pages, 190 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 842.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297583
- ISBN
- 9780226297583
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 55.55
€ 65.36
€ 55.55
Hardcover. As the 1960s ended, Herbie Hancock embarked on a grand creative experiment. Having just been dismissed from the celebrated Miles Davis Quintet, he brought a new group of musicians together into what would become a revolutionary band. This book offers a comprehensive study of this seminal group. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 halftones, 22 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300047
- ISBN
- 9780226300047
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. This is a portrait of a fiddle-based folk revival in Norway, investigating the people and events in Norwegian folk fiddling, and tracing the history of Norwegian folk music and the growth and diversification of the folk music revival. It uses a wide anthology of carefully-transcribed folk tunes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 318 pages, 18 halftones, 16 maps, 127 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DNN; AVGH; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300504
- ISBN
- 9780226300504
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Takes a look at Hindi films and movie trends - the decline of song-and-dance sequences, the upgraded status of the horror genre, and the rise of the multiplex and multi-plot - to demonstrate how these relationships exemplify different formulas of contemporary living. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 240 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304267
- ISBN
- 9780226304267
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Gives an account of how opera comes to the stage. This work reveals the problems, and occasionally the scandals, that attend the production of some of our favorite operas. It also traces the social history of nineteenth-century Italian theaters in order to explain the nature of the musical scores from which performers have long worked. Num Pages: 704 pages, 92 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 186 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304823
- ISBN
- 9780226304823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29€ 44.59
€ 52.29
€ 44.59
Paperback. Grindstaff takes the reader behind the scenes of daytime television talk shows. This study draws on interviews with producers and guests and asks not just what talk shows can tell us about mass media, but also what they reveal about American culture more generally. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309118
- ISBN
- 9780226309118
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. The highly chromatic music of the late 1800s and early 1900s includes some of the best-known works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Cesar Franck, and Hugo Wolf. This book builds on nineteenth-century music theory to provide an original method for analyzing chromatic music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 107 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318097
- ISBN
- 9780226318097
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 54.95
€ 65.36
€ 54.95
Paperback. Charts the rise and fall of four of the most prominent right-wing broadcasters during the Cold War: H L Hunt, Dan Smoot, Carl McIntire, and Billy James Hargis. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APW; JFD; JPFM; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326788
- ISBN
- 9780226326788
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917-2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. This book analyses his practical filmmaking methods. Num Pages: 536 pages, 161 halftones, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327150
- ISBN
- 9780226327150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. This text examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. It looks at the work of major figures in the avant-garde movement, such as John Cage, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Andy Warhol. Num Pages: 370 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AVGC6; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226328928
- ISBN
- 9780226328928
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Paperback. Introduces Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world. This title offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. It is suitable for those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 13 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGW; AVRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226330952
- ISBN
- 9780226330952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art of p'ungmul to a burgeoning urban audience. This title traces this reinvention through the rise of the Korean supergroup. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGH; AVRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226330976
- ISBN
- 9780226330976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52