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This book explores how the history of Negro designates a problematic and contradictory perception of personhood, namely, the contradiction between “values of person” (Judy xvii), defined by Enlightenment European ideologies, and “values of property” (xv... (展开)

Book Review
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Hip-hop Japan explores the interaction of various factors around the genba, or site (i.e. club, studio), that makes Japanese hip-hop a meaningfully thriving industry throughout the past four decades. Focusing on the genba answers questions of how Japanese h... (展开)

A Performance Analysis of “Lotus Feet”
Now I shall give a description of Atman. In the seat of the heart is a lotus of eight petals. In its centre is Jivatma of the form of Jyotis and atomic in size, moving in a circular line. In it is located everything. It knows everything. It does everything....
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Activist ethnomusicology?
Zoe Sherinan曾研究,参与并干预Dalit教堂中女性的生活,并拍摄纪录片Reclaiming an Untouchable Drum。本文是对她的“激进派”民族音乐研究的简要评述。 For Dr. Sherinan, being an “activist ethnomusicologist” means adjusting methodology to deconstruct local hegemo...
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Hindu music ideas' formation
主要听演奏家如何介绍新的音乐想法的 The 3-section structure of the piece is familiar, or course. Also, according to Ruckert’s article about instruments, how Shahid Parvez slides in between notes and how he microtonally alters the pitches are also familiar. ...
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Chicano Rap (In Context)
Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip-hop developed by Mexican-Americans around the 1990s. According to the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, the first album released by the “godfather of Chicano rap” Kid Frost titled Hispanic Causing Panic was considered a...
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Light the Lamp: An Exploration of Rasa and Meaning In the Meditation on Sacred Sound
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本文从印度哲学对情绪与寓意的“Rasa Theory”角度去解析《奥义书》中关于神圣声音冥想的体验与情绪的联系。 Introduction: The Meditation on Sacred Sound In the Vedic tradition, the meditation on sacred sound is described as a gateway to achieve the higher state o... (展开)

Colonialism, Control, and Simulation: A Discussion of Music Production Technology and Masculinity
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“Stand by, I’m dropping this in. West and his musical colleagues from the old days are recording a sax jive CD for the international market. West is the producer and principal artist. I want to listen in one day. West hesitates. He defers to the others si... (展开)