Musics of the World: Anthropology of Music C

The student learns about:
• music as the universal phenomenon in various socio-cultural contexts;
• anthropological approach to music practices of the world and to the factors that determine them (geographic, historical, demographic, religious, political, economic, gender, language related etc.);
• the application of theoretical fundamentals on twelve music regions of the world;
• concepts of external and internal borders among the regions and their shared features;
• the influences of European musics on other parts of the world and non-European influences on European musics;
• the conceptualisation of folk, art and popular musical practices and processes such as acculturation, transculturation, nationalism, construction of authenticity, signification, etc.;
• diverse musical practices in various contexts;
• different research approaches with regard to the music genres and regional characteristics;
• written and other sources (books, periodicals, discography, audio-visual reference books).

Bakan, Michael B. 2002. World Music: Traditions and Transformations. Second Edition. McGraw-Hill.
Bennett, Andy. 2001. Cultures of Popular Music, Open University Press. COBISS.SI-ID - 19747170
Copland, David B. 2000: “South African Popular Music.” V The Garland Handbook of African Music, 406-428.
Karin van Nieuwkerk. 1998. “’An hour for God and an hour for the heart’: Islam, gender and female entertainment in Egypt.” Music and Anthropology: Journal of Musical Anthropology of the Mediterranean 3 http://umbc.edu/MA/index/number3/nieuwkerk/karin_0.htm https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/americanmusic.37.1.0029?seq=1
Madrid, Alejandro L. 2013. Music in Mexico. Oxford University Press.
Manuel, Peter, and Kenneth M. Bilby. 1995. Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Temple University Press.
Marcus, Scott L. 2007. Music in Egypt. Oxford University Press.
Mulholland, Mary-Lee. 2007. “Mariachi, myths, and mestizaje: Popular culture and Mexican national identity,” National Identities 9/3: 247-262. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14608940701406237#d1e237
Nettl, Bruno, et al. 2008. Excursions in World Music. Fifth Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Rice, Timothy. 2004. Music in Bulgaria. Oxford University Press.
Rivera, Raquel, Z. 2009. Reggaeton. Duke University Press.
Sheehy, Daniel. 2006. Mariachi Music in America. Oxford University Press.
Shelemay, Kay Kaufman. 2006. Soundscapes Exploring Music in a Changing World. Second Edition. W.W. Norton & Company.
Silverman, Carol. 2012. Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora. Oxford University Press. COBISS.SI-ID – 49107554
Taylor, Timothy D. 1997. Global Pop: World Music, World Markets. Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID - 43259649
Titon, Jeff Tod. 2005. World of Music: An Introduction to the Musics of the World’s People. Second Edition. Thomson Schirmer.
Turino, Thomas. 2008. Music in the Andes. Oxford University Press.
Tuulikki Pietilä. 2013: “Body Politic: The Emergence of a ‘Kwaito Nation’ in South Africa.” Popular Music and Society 36(2): 143-161. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007766.2011.634097#d1e145
Veil, Michael E. 200. Fela: the Life and Times of an African Musical Icon. Temple University Press.
Wade, Bonnie C. 2005. Music in Japan. Oxford University Press. COBISS.SI-ID - 54955009