Music, Media and Film Studies – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 3, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Dancehall : from slave ship to ghetto / Sonjah Stanley Niaah. Can’t stop won’t stop : a history of the hip-hop generation / Jeff Chang. The music of Jōji Yuasa / Luciana Galliano ; edited by Peter Burt Kyeʺ lakʻ to rvā teʺ kabyā / Ūʺ Soʻ Jaṅʻ pru cu saññʻ. ʼAlaṅkā Kyoʻ Cvā Ūʺ Hanʻ Pa / Nanʻʺ Ññvanʻʹ Chve. Unearthing gender : folksongs of North India / Smita

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Music, Media and Film Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 13, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Raga and music in the Sikh holy scriptures / Savita Bakshi. Tribal dances of India / Usha Mehta. Trance, ritual, and rhythm : the cult of Mahasu Deota in the western Himalayas / Hans Utter. The new (ethno)musicologies / edited by Henry Stobart. Development of Hindustani classical music (19th & 20th centuries) / Rama Saraf. Boro Baba- Ustad Alauddin Khan / Sahana Gupta née Khan. Gāundā jāe wanạjārā / Sāhila

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Music, Media and Film Studies – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 1, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Postcolonial cinema studies / edited by Sandra Ponzanesi and Marguerite Waller. World music : a global journey / Terry E. Miller & Andrew Shahriari. Newspeak in the 21st century / David Edwards & David Cromwell. Net smart : how to thrive online / Howard Rheingold drawings by Anthony Weeks. The art of free cooperation / edited by Geert Lovink and Trebor Scholz.

Music, Media and Film Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Satchmo blows up the world : jazz ambassadors play the Cold War / Penny M. Von Eschen.  Music and globalization : critical encounters / edited by Bob W. White.  Women and popular music : sexuality, identity, and subjectivity / Shelia Whiteley.  Musical elaborations / Edward W. Said.  The challenge of the silver screen : an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad / by Freek L.

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