Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 312 pages
- Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press; Second Edition edition January 1, 1990
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0812212991
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0812212990
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Product Review
"A major theoretical contribution to ethnomusicology Steven Feld has accomplished what is all too rare yet fundamentally needed, a compelling account of how music and culture are inextricably wedded."--Ethnomusicology "A milestone in ethnomusicology that has implications for research on all types of music."--Popular Music "An undisputable success and a masterpiece Feld's 'ethnography of sound' is a major contribution to our understanding."--Language in Society "This original, insightful, informative, and intellectually exciting book deserves a wide audience."--Anthropological Linguistics "A landmark in first presenting in detail the idea of an ethnography of sound."--American Ethnologist "This work is a unique, moving, valuable synthesis Readable, original, complete."--Choice
Product Review
"A major theoretical contribution to ethnomusicology. . . . Steven Feld has accomplished what is all too rare yet fundamentally needed, . . . a compelling account of how music and culture are inextricably wedded."--
Ethnomusicology"A milestone in ethnomusicology that has implications for research on all types of music."--
Popular Music"An undisputable success and a masterpiece. . . . Feld's 'ethnography of sound' is a major contribution to our understanding."--
Language in Society"This original, insightful, informative, and intellectually exciting book deserves a wide audience."--
Anthropological Linguistics"A landmark in first presenting in detail the idea of an ethnography of sound."--
American Ethnologist"This work is a unique, moving, valuable synthesis. . . . Readable, original, complete."--
Choice