Ethnomusicologists believe that all humans, not just those we call musicians, are musical, and that musicality is one of the essential touchstones of the human experience. This insight raises big questions about the nature of music and the nature of humankind, and ethnomusicologists argue that to properly address these questions, we must study music in all its geographical and historical diversity. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the foremost ethnomusicologists, Timothy Ri...

Ethnomusicology is an academic discipline with a very broad mandate: to understand why and how human beings are musical through the study of music in all its geographical and historical diversity. Ethnomusicological scholarship, however, has been remiss in articulating such goals, methods, and theories. A renowned figure in the field, Timothy Rice is one of the few scholars to regularly address this problem. In this volume, he offers a compilation of essays drawn from across his career tha...

In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the field. Nettl divides the collection into three sections. In the first, authors survey ethnomusicology from perspectives that include thoughts on defining and conceptualizing the field and it...

Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach offers a new, short term psychotherapeutic approach to working dynamically with children who suffer from irritability, oppositional defiance and disruptiveness. RFP-C enables clinicians to help by addressing and detailing how the child’s externalizing behaviors have meaning which they can convey to the child. Using clinical examples throughout, Hoffman, R...

This award winning eBook describes the first meetings of a traditional rice farmer, his family and a young visitor from a western city. Spanning the course of a single day and punctuated by discussions of what constitutes a deeply fulfilling life, the wise rice farmer gently guides the young visitor to that sacred place we all instinctively care for and hold dear - our own heart. Lucky Rice is a positive and upbeat story that whispers the origins of authentic spiritual practice to all who ...

Dieser Band enthält folgende Western: Alfred Bekker: Brigade der Desperados Timothy Stahl: Ein Greenhorn auf gefährlicher Spur Timothy Stahl: In Devil Town ist die Hölle los Timothy Stahl: Die Legende vom goldenen Mustang John Frederick: Und dann hilft ihm nur noch Beten Edgar Rice Burroughs: Der Hilfssheriff von Comanche County H. Bedford-Jones: Glücksritter in Arizona Sein Name war Jesse Connor, und er war auf der Durchreise. Es hielt ihn nicht lange an einem Ort. Die letzten Monate war ...

While the world focused on the battlefields of the Second World War, a quiet, catastrophic atrocity was unfolding in British India. In 1943, nearly three million people in the Bengal province starved to death. This was not the result of a severe drought or an unavoidable crop failure; it was a devastatingly efficient, man-made logistical disaster. Terrified of a Japanese invasion of India, the British colonial government implemented ruthless "denial policies." They systematically confiscat...

Using an air fryer is a great healthy option for those who love fried and deep fried foods, but don't like the fat.Find out all the fantastic meals you can cook with the your air fryer or instant pot! With the recipes in this bundle, you'll always be able to cook a healthy meal.This two-in-one bundle series includes the following audiobooks:Air Fryer Cookbook: Easy and Delicious Recipes For Every Day; Healthy and Delicious Meals; Amazingly Easy and Clear Instruc...

Designed as a tribute to Robert Garfias, who has conducted field work in more cultures than any other living ethnomusicologist, this volume explores the originating encounter in field work of ethnomusicologists with the musicians and musical traditions they study. The nineteen contributors provide case studies from nearly every corner of the world, including biographies of important musicians from the Philippines, Turkey, Lapland, and Korea; interviews with, and reports of learning from, m...

Here in one volume is a comprehensive look at the folk and traditional musics of the European continen - from Ireland to the new republics of Georgia and Belarus. In over seventy articles by sixty-one contributors from around the world, this encyclopedia explores musical life from historical and ethnographic perspectives and provides extensive analysis of songs and instrumental music.