The Black Cow's Footprint: Time, Space and Music in the Lives of the Kotas of South India

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The Black Cow's Footprint: Time, Space and Music in the Lives of the Kotas of South India

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A black cow leads the members of a South Indian hill tribe, the Kotas, to the Nilgiri Hills and, with its hoof, indicates where to found each village. This footprint acts as a moral center of gravity, an important place for music-making, dancing, and other rituals. Places such as this, and moments in time, serve as physical and moral “anchors” for the Kota community. In this book, Richard K. Wolf explores how the Kotas “anchor” their musical and other activities around places and significant moments in time and, in the process, constitute themselves as individuals and as a group. This volume also includes a CD of Richard Wolf’s Kota field recordings.

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World of Music

The wealth of data here is remarkable. . . . A signal contribution to South Asian ethnomusicology, as well as to the field of Indian tribal studies specifically

The Black Cow's Footprint is a much-needed and extremely valuable addition to the limited ethnomusicological literature on Indian tribal peoples. The comprehensive glossary and detailed index add to the monograph's value for ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and others who will be drawn to Wolf's careful ethnography and multifaceted analysis

Ethnomusicology (Journal)

This book represents a significant contribution to the field of ethnomusicology. In bringing equal rigor to both the anthropology and the musicology, Wolf contributes importantly to the theory of the subject

Journal of Asian Studies

A highly original and important publication that will be of interest to students and scholars of ethnomusicology, anthropology, and South Asia

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