{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-asian-music-cultural-intersections","title":"Routledge Handbook of Asian Music: Cultural Intersections","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Asian Music: Cultural Intersections\u003c\/em\u003e introduces Asian music as a way to ask questions about what happens when cultures converge and how readers may evaluate cultural junctures through expressive forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume’s thirteen original chapters cover musical practices in historical and modern contexts from Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, including art music traditions, folk music and composition, religious and ritual music, as well as popular music. These chapters showcase the diversity of Asian music, requiring readers to constantly reconsider their understanding of this vibrant and complex area. The book is divided into three sections:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocating meanings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoundaries and difference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural flows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors to the book offer a multidisciplinary portfolio of methods, ranging from archival research and field ethnography to biographical studies and music analysis. In addition to rich illustrations, numerous samples of notation and sheet music are featured as insightful study resources. Readers are invited to study individuals, music-makers, listeners, and viewers to learn about their concerns, their musical choices, and their lives through a combination of humanistic and social-scientific approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating how transformative cultural differences can become in intercultural encounters, this book will appeal to students and scholars of musicology, ethnomusicology, and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226964840792,"sku":"9780415830669","price":291.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415830669.jpg?v=1768291248","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-asian-music-cultural-intersections","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}