Over the past twenty years, a range of radical
developments has revolutionized musicology, leading
certain practitioners to describe their discipline as
'New.' What has happened to ethnomusicology during this
period? Have its theories, methodologies, and values
remain rooted in the 1970s and 1980s or have they also
transformed? What directions might or should it take in
the new millennium? The New (Ethno)musicologies seeks to
answer these questions by addressing and critically
examining key issues in contemporary ethnomusicology.
Set in two parts, the volume explores ethnomusicology's
shifting relationship to other disciplines and to its
own 'mythic' histories and plots a range of potential
developments for its future. It attempts to address how
ethnomusicology might be viewed by those working both
inside and outside the discipline and what its broader
contribution and relevance might be within and beyond
the academy. Henry Stobart has collected essays from key
figures in ethnomusicology and musicology, including
Caroline Bithell, Martin Clayton, Fabian Holt, Jim
Samson, and Abigail Wood, as well as Europea series
editors, Martin Stokes and Philip V. Bohlman. The
engaging result presents a range of perspectives,
reflecting on disciplinary change, methodological
developments, and the broader sphere of music
scholarship in a fresh and unique way, and will be a key
source for students and scholars.
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