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6. Ritual as performance
Barry Stephenson
in Ritual: A Very Short Introduction
Cross-culturally, ritual typically includes elements commonly associated with performance events: music or rhythmic accompaniment; dance or other stylized bodily movements; and masking, ...
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2. Portraying martyrdom
Jolyon Mitchell
in Martyrdom: A Very Short Introduction
There are lively debates as to the origins, evolution, and contemporary representations of martyrdom. Fashions change, and so does the way in which martyrdoms are depicted by filmakers, ...
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3. Looking Back: Uneasy Inheritances
Timothy Beal
in Religion in America: A Very Short Introduction
‘Looking Back’ argues that the history of religion in America is no grand narrative of patriarchal heroes of religious freedom and tolerance. It is, rather, a past riddled with conflicts ...
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2. “Wildwood flowers”: Country music goes mainstream, 1923–1930
Richard Carlin
in Country Music: A Very Short Introduction
“Wildwood flowers” focuses on some of the early country stars, including Fiddlin’ John Carson and Lily May Ledford, along with the two best-known acts of the era: the Carter Family and ...
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3. “Back in the saddle again”: The birth of the singing cowboy, 1930–1945
Richard Carlin
in Country Music: A Very Short Introduction
“Back in the saddle again” explains how the figure of the singing cowboy was cemented by a series of radio and Hollywood stars, from Gene Autry to Roy Rogers and Patsy Montana. Much of this ...
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3. Harlem: City of dreams
Cheryl A. Wall
in The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
Harlem was the dream capital of black America. In letters home, recent arrivals boasted of the great housing, good jobs, schools, and churches. Substandard housing in Harlem was better than ...
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4. The nature of music
Timothy Rice
in Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
‘The nature of music’ looks at the contribution of the study of ethnomusicology to current theoretical thinking on what music fundamentally is. Ethnomusicologists have been able to combine ...
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5. Music as culture
Timothy Rice
in Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
‘Music as culture’ examines the connections that ethnomusicologists make between music and culture. Culture, in an ethnomusicologist sense, refers to all forms of human knowledge, ...
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Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction
Timothy Rice
Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction describes this growing discipline, showing how modern researchers go about studying music from around the world, looking for insights ...
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3. Intellectual intervention
Mark Slobin
in Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction
‘Intellectual Intervention’ explores the reasons why intellectuals and governments get involved with folk music. Modernization radically changed society in Europe and America, leading to a ...
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Theatre: A Very Short Introduction
Marvin Carlson
From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street theatre, this complex art has utilized all ...
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