This book brings together a range of anthropological writings that are inspired by the French philosopher Michel Foucault and examine Foucault’s contribution

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This book has outlined many aspects of traditionalism and modernity, although the topics here are divergent; the consistent part of it is that all of the author

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This major essay collection takes a fresh look at how differences among people matter for music and musical thought.

Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of

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