Music, Health and the Body

Name: Music, Health and the Body
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ISBN: 9781666932485

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Poonam Bala, Poonam Bala, Julia C. Basso , Fabian Cannizzo

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Lexington Books
15 September 2024

Music; Theory of music & musicology; Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama)

Music, Health and the Body: Cross-Cultural Perspectives focuses on the role of music in understanding new dimensions of health and healing through a unique relationship between identity, social interactions and the human body under the overarching paradigm of culture. The recent Covid-19 pandemic also has highlighted the significance of social and individual factors in people’s perception of and their ability to cope with the pandemic situation globally through music. Based on inter-disciplinary themes, and contributions from highly qualified international cohort of scholars, the volume will command attention amongst historians, ethnologists, musicologists, sociologists, anthropologists, psychotherapists and other scholars in arts and humanities.

Contributions by: Poonam Bala, Julia C. Basso, Fabian Cannizzo, James J. Chriss
Edited by: Poonam Bala
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9781666932485
ISBN 10: 1666932485
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 15 September 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Poonam Bala is professor extraordinarius of history at University of South Africa and visiting scholar at Cleveland State University.

Reviews for Music, Health and the Body: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

""A wonderfully rich, truly interdisciplinary volume, Music, Health and the Body brings together innovative work at the crossroads of cultural histories of ethnomusicology, religion, and health. Global in scope, this excellent volume is sure to spur new research into the ways that music is central to both healing practices and ideations of the body."" --Jacob Steere-Williams, The College of Charleston