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June Boyce-Tillman - Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing - 9781853024832 - V9781853024832
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Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing

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Description for Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing Paperback. Drawing on literature from philosophy, anthropology, psychology and musicology, Boyce-Tillman looks at musical traditions and notions of healing in different societies. Her work includes a number of case studies in various cultures - spirit possession cults in Africa and shamans in various traditions. Num Pages: 304 pages, Appendices, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.

June Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The book presents a wide-ranging and rich mix of psychological, ethnomusicological, philosophical, educational, mythological and theological material. Into this rich tapestry is woven a concern to consider seriously New Age phenomena and to empathize with people's experiences and life stories. Very occasionally, a book is published that has the potential of seriously challenging current orthodoxy and practice. This is such a book.'

- British Journal of Music Education.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853024832
SKU
V9781853024832
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About June Boyce-Tillman
June Boyce-Tillman read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has been active in the areas of music education, in particular the introduction of composing activities in schools and the establishment of World Musics at King Alfred's University College. She has been Project Officer for an EEC intercultural project, has done pioneering work in interfaith dialogue in South London. Her ... Read more

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