Recognizing music as a vital social and cultural force, each volume of this set of book on geographical areas of world music focuses on a single region and examines the role of music in the lives, arts and culture of its people. This volume describes the essential fabric of Australia and the Pacific Islands and then explores the traditions, performance practices, and themes that bind the music together into a dynamic tapestry of art and daily life. The coverage provides an overview of the region, reviews its music heritage and scholarship, and describes specific musical cultures, genres, and...
Recognizing music as a vital social and cultural force, each volume of this set of book on geographical areas of world music focuses on a single regio...
Winner of the Samuel Kamakau Award for Hawai'i Book of the Year The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavor. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate ivory ornaments and decorated barkcloth to formidable weaponry and imposing sculpture in...
Winner of the Samuel Kamakau Award for Hawai'i Book of the Year The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known ...
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