Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of Music：Essays on the History of Ethnomusicology (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

Nineteenscholarsfromfivecountriesexploresignificantissuesinthehistoryofethnomusicologyanditsmethodologicalandtheoreticalfoundations,whileprovidingacritiqueofthediscipline."Thisisausefulandenrichingcollectionofarticlesofinteresttomusicologistsandethnomusicologists....Theauthorsmanagetocovermuchground,presentingfascinatinginsightsintothehistoryofthedisciplinewhilealsoexploringnewdirectionsinboththeoryandanalysis....themostsweepingworkofthiskindtobepublishedsincethe1960s."--L.D.Loeb,UniversityofUtah,forChoice