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Music In Egypt - Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

by Scott L. Marcus

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 Music in Egypt is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study. Music in Egypt provides an overview of the country's rich and dynamic contemporary musical landscape. It offers an in-depth look at specific Egyptian musical traditions, paying special attention to performers and the variety of contexts in which performances occur. The book acknowledges the pervasive presence of Islam by focusing on two Muslim performance genres and by considering the age-old issue of the compatibility of music and Islam. It accomplishes the latter by incorporating the voices of many of the performers featured on the accompanying CD. The volume features a variety of musics that reflect and help to create a number of distinct regional, national, and community identities co-existing in Egypt today. Drawing on more than twenty years of extensive fieldwork, Scott L. Marcus offers detailed ethnographic documentation of seven performance traditions found in Egypt today: the call to prayer; madh, a genre of Sufi religious music; southern Egyptian mizmar folk music; early twentieth-century takht-based art music; music by the acclaimed singer Umm Kulthum, which dominated the mid-twentieth century; wedding procession music; and music by the current superstar pop singer Hakim. The book is packaged with an 80-minute audio CD containing excellent examples of each tradition. All of the examples are based in a single melodic mode--maqam rast--to best engage students with the musical form, structure, and practice of the traditions. Separate educational tracks on the CD introduce maqam rast and the variety of rhythms found in the CD examples. In addition, the CD features a special solo improvisation (taqasim) in maqam rast by UCLA professor Ali Jihad Racy, to help students better understand this particular melodic mode. Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with performers, listening examples, and song lyrics that enable students to interact with the text, Music in Egypt provides a unique and hands-on introduction to the country's diverse and captivating music.
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Music In Central Java - Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

by Benjamin Brinner

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 Music in Central Java is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study. Music in Central Java offers a vivid introduction to the region''s musical and cultural landscape, showing how three themes--flexibility, appropriateness, and interconnectedness--characterize Javanese musical practices and traditions. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork, author Benjamin Brinner takes an in-depth look at gamelan music--a traditional musical ensemble tradition that typically features metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs--providing readers with a sense of what it means to be a musician performing gamelan. Building from fundamental Javanese concepts of time and melody, the book covers gamelan''s instruments, musical idioms, and central interactions and also surveys contrasting performance contexts. It examines both the theatrical and musical aspects of the vibrant tradition of shadow-puppet plays (Wayang kulit) and offers a broad survey of other music found in Central Java. In addition, Music in Central Java provides an engaging portrait of a leading Javenese musician, traces musical responses to radical social, political, and cultural changes over the past century, and considers Javanese music in relation to Indonesia and the rest of the world. Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with key performers, vivid illustrations, and hands-on listening activities, this book is a captivating introduction to the music of Central Java. It is packaged with a 78-minute audio CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book.
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Music In North India - Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

by George E. Ruckert

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 This title provides an overview of the many styles of North Indian music, from the chants of the ancient Vedas to modern devotional singing; from the serious and meditative rendering of raga to the concert-hall excitement of the modern sitar, sarod and tabla.
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Consciousness

by Blackmore

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Spirit In The Dark - A Religious History Of Racial Aesthetics

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Martyrdom And Terrorism - Pre-Modern To Contemporary Perspectives

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 This pioneering collection of essays explores the intertwined histories of martyrdom and terrorism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Christian and Islamic traditions of moral witness and debate over the justified use of militant sacrifice are situated in relation to the development of Western nationalism, with a particular focus on the French Revolution and imperialism.
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Martyrdom And Terrorism - Pre-Modern To Contemporary Perspectives

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 This pioneering collection of essays explores the intertwined histories of martyrdom and terrorism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Christian and Islamic traditions of moral witness and debate over the justified use of militant sacrifice are situated in relation to the development of Western nationalism, with a particular focus on the French Revolution and imperialism.
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Remembering Iosepa - History, Place, And Religion In The American West

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 Remembering Iosepa connects the story of Iosepa, a nineteenth-century community of Native Hawaiian migrants to the Salt Lake Valley, with the vibrant and growing community of Pacific Islanders in the Great Basin today.
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Sanctity And Self-Inflicted Violence In Chinese Religions, 1500-1700

by Jimmy Yu

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 Jimmy Yu reveals that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, self-inflicted violence was an essential and sanctioned part of Chinese culture. He examines a wide range of practices, including blood writing, filial body-slicing, chastity mutilations and suicides, ritual exposure, and self-immolation, arguing that each practice was public, scripted, and a signal of certain cultural expectations.
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Sanctity And Self-Inflicted Violence In Chinese Religions, 1500-1700

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 Jimmy Yu reveals that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, self-inflicted violence was an essential and sanctioned part of Chinese culture. He examines a wide range of practices, including blood writing, filial body-slicing, chastity mutilations and suicides, ritual exposure, and self-immolation, arguing that each practice was public, scripted, and a signal of certain cultural expectations.
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Betting The Company - Complex Negotiation Strategies For Law And Business

by Andrew (Counsel, Counsel, Mcguire Woods, Llp) Trask

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 Betting the Company: Complex Negotiation Strategies for Law and Business provides a thorough introduction to the concepts and tools required by lawyers and business people to successfully conduct a multi-faceted negotiation.
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Rediscovering Eve - Ancient Israelite Women In Context

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 Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women as strong and significant actors within their families and society.
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Collected Papers, Volume 2 - Knowledge, Rationality, And Morality, 1978-2010

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 This volume collects the best and most influential essays on knowledge, rationality and morality that Stephen Stich has published in the last 40 years. The volume includes a new introductory essay that offers an overview of the papers and traces the history of how they emerged.
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Encircling The Seamless - India, Climate Change, And The Global Commons

by A. Damodaran

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 This volume is about sustainable development and the complex global negotiations from the environmental capitals of the world. It explores the plight of a post-modern world that grapples with the problems of climate, land degradation, and biodiversity, and their possible solutions.
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Mapping Citizenship In India

by Anupama Roy

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 The book discusses how academic discourse has conceptualized 'citizenship'. It shows how the legal-juridical frameworks of membership have tried to address the crisis engendered by this conceptualization which worked by excluding certain communities.
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Data Structures Using C++

by Varsha H. Patil

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 Data Structures Using C++ is designed to serve as a textbook for undergraduate engineering students of Computer Science and Information Technology as well as postgraduate students of Computer Applications. The book aims to provide a comprehensive coverage of the concepts of Data Structures using C++.
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The Juvenile Justice System In India - From Welfare To Rights

by Ved Kumari

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 This book contains an exhaustive overview of the historical, legislative, executive, and judicial processes relating to juvenile justice and identifies the parameters and constraints of the juvenile justice system in India.
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Anitya - Halfway To Nowhere

by Krishna Dutt Paliwal e Mridula Garg

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 Perhaps the only novel in Hindi by a woman author depicting India's struggle for independence, Anitya portrays the human predicament of individuals of two generations during and immediately after the Independence Movement
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Andha Yug

by Dharamvir Bharati

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 Andha Yug, one of the most significant plays of modern India, was written immediately after the partition of the Indian subcontinent. A profound meditation on the politics of violence and aggressive selfhood, it focuses on the last day of the Mahabharata war.
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Reflection And The Stability Of Belief - Essays On Descartes, Hume, And Reid

by Louis (Professor Of Philosophy, Professor Of Philosophy, University Of Michigan) Loeb

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 This volume presents published articles by the distinguished scholar of early modern philosophy, Louis Loeb. Loeb is known particularly for his original and influential scholarship on Descartes and Hume, and the articles reflect this focus.
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Music In Korea - Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture

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 Based on author Donna Lee Kwon's extensive fieldwork, the text features interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations. Kwon uses three themes-Korea as a transnational player in East Asia, the intersection of Korean music and cultural politics, and Korea's maintenance of its strong cultural identity through both musical and aesthetic continuity-to survey the region and draw parallels and contrasts between its varioustraditions. Each theme lends itself to a discussion of Korea's classical musical customs and its contemporary developments. Packaged with an 80-minute audio CD containing musical examples, the text features numerous listening activities that engage students with the music. The companion website(www.oup.com/us/globalmusic) includes supplementary materials for instructors.
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Pediatric Forensic Neuropsychology

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 Pediatric Forensic Neuropsychology is the premier reference text on the practice and process of civil forensic neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents. Written by an expert group of authors, this text is a comprehensive and authoritative guide for neuropsychologists who engage in forensic work.
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Assessment The Probiotic Properties Of Some Microbial Strains

by Fouad M. F. Elshaghabee

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The Rights Of Indians And Tribes

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 The Rights of Indians and Tribes, 4th Edition addresses the most significant legal issues facing Indians and Indian tribes, including the regulation of non-Indians on reservations, definitions of important legal terms, Indian treaties, the Indian Civil Rights Act, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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