Browse: Duke University Press (publisher), Folk & World

Licia Fiol-Matta has written a marvelous exploration of the voice. In the process, she assembles a vocal archive of Puerto Rican performers whose labor is usually relegated to footnotes or cursory... — Journal of Popular Music Studies More…

The book provides a much-needed insight into one of the many complex and imbalanced instances of cultural exchange." -- Christiaan M. De Beukelaer — Popular Music More…

The scholarly passages are hung around lengthy, eminently readable sections that will appeal to anyone who might enjoy modern African music styles, and not necessarily those with a hip-hop bias.... — Songlines More…

R. M. Delson — Choice More…

The novelistic text has an appropriately hefty level of historical context, and the attention to detail means that Eyre never gives the tale less than it deserves, ultimately enlightening the... — MOJO More…

Fado Resounding is well written and accessible to the general reader yet it integrates eclectic, interdisciplinary theories, and includes an up-to-date bibliography and extensive research notes... — World of Music More…

[T]hought-provoking. . . ." -- Clive Bell — The Wire More…

The clear, simple language makes the essays accessible, and contributors are to be commended for their excellent presentations...Highly recommended." -- K. W. Mukuna — Choice More…

Meintjes' book offers perceptive descriptions. . . . An unflinching account of how the media became entangled with the country's ethnic violence during the 1990s." -- Aaron Cohen — Downbeat More…