This second edition of Catherine J. Allen's distinctive ethnography of the Quechua-speaking
people of the Andes brings their story into the present. She has added an extensive …

In discussing the criollo-based indepen-dence movements in the Americas during the
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Benedict Anderson notes that these cases are …

Shannon investigates expressions of authenticity in Syria's musical culture, which is known
for embracing and preserving the Arab musical tradition. A study of ethnomusicology of the …

An explanation of how Peruvian migrants maintain meaningful social relations across
borders. In this engaging volume, Ulla D. Berg examines the conditions under which …

Acts of revival, restoration, and renewal have been influential forces shaping and
transforming musical landscapes and experiences across diverse times and places. In this …

Performing al-Andalus explores three musical cultures that claim a connection to the music
of medieval Iberia, the Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus, known for its complex mix of Arab …

Music and the Poetics of Production in the Bolivian Andes is a musical ethnography of a
Quechua-speaking community of northern Potosi, in the Bolivian Andes. Based on extensive …

The individual musician occupies a seemingly paradoxical position in ethnomusicology. On
one hand, the name of the discipline, whose roots include the Greek word for nation, race, or …

The saxophone is one of the most recognised musical instruments in the world. Loved by
many, loathed by some, in the early twenty-first century it has both a musical and symbolic …

In this introduction to a selection of case studies on the theme “the past in music” I offer a few
thoughts on the nature of the past and the role of memory in constructing historical narrative …