Suzel Reily: The Musical Human

Cover: 9780754651383 | The Musical Human | Suzel Reily | Buch | Einband - fest (Hardcover)

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The musical human: without a doubt, this vision of the human species as naturally musical has become the most enduring legacy John Blacking bequeathed to ethnomusicology. The image aptly embodies his preoccupations, which integrated theoretical and methodological issues within the discipline with a deep concern for the physical and psychological well-being of humanity. Blacking believed sincerely in the power of music, and he contended that people's general health depended upon the musical opportunities made available to them. For this reason, he placed great importance upon ethnomusicology, the discipline that investigates the way different societies around the world organize their musical activities, and the impact of these diverse alternatives upon the people involved in them. Each essay draws upon distinct aspects of Blacking's writings but complements them with quite different sets of sources. Themes include the role of fieldwork in the postmodern era; the role of music amongst subaltern communities existing in a rapidly changing social environment with particular reference to Vendaland; the manipulation of traditional performance settings in pursuit of political or social strategies; children's music acquisition as an indicator of the innate musical capacity of humans; the biology of music making; the creation of pleasure, pain and power during dance; cognitive processes and the social consequences of the power of music, and a consideration of the method of applying ethnomusicological research methods to Western art music. In this way, the volume provides fresh assessments of Blacking's work, taking up his challenge to push the boundaries of ethnomusicology into new territories.

Über den Autor

Suzel Ana Reily is Reader at the School of Anthropological Studies, Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: John Blacking in the 21st century: an introduction, Suzel Ana Reily; Memories of fieldwork: understanding 'humanly organized sound' through the Venda, Keith Howard; Tracks of the mouse: tonal reinterpretation in Venda guitar songs, Jaco Kruger; Black background: life history and migrant women's music in South Africa, Deborah James; Musicality in early childhood: a case from Japan, Fumiko Fujita; John Blacking and the 'human/musical instrument interface': two plucked lutes from Afghanistan, John Baily; Experiencing the ballet body: pleasure, pain, power, Helena Wulff; Creating a musical space for experiencing the other-self within, Rebecca Sager; Bach in a Venda mirror: John Blacking and historical musicology, Britta Sweers; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Genre:	Importe , Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13:	9780754651383
ISBN-10:	075465138X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Reily, Suzel Ana
Redaktion:	Reily, Suzel
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	240 x 161 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Suzel Reily
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.03.2006
Gewicht:	0,523 kg

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