Duke University Press

Aurality is a significant contribution to the burgeoning field of sound studies. Ana Maria Ochoa Gautier adeptly guides the reader across complex scales of analysis using well-selected historical... — American Ethnologist More…

Eidsheim's formulation of music as vibrational practice engenders new ways of considering communication between singer and audience, environment and body, and animate and inanimate materials.... — Theatre Research International More…

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 boldest aspect of Boon's argument . . . is his move to the level of ontology-to the nature of being or reality itself. For him music's social and racial significance operates not at the... — The Wire More…

Not to be missed, musicologist Klaess has written a fascinating chronicle of hip-hop radio stations. . . . Klaess's book is a must-read for all those interested in tracing hip-hop's sociopolitical/racial... — Library Journal More…

With the conductive virtuosity of Butch Morris, Jenkins . . . assembles an impressive paean to the Black writers who've dedicated their lives to capturing in language what jazz musicians conjure... — Kirkus Reviews More…

Erlmann’s latest publication brings together a series of interesting and diverse ethnographic moments that illustrate the complex state of contemporary South African copyright. ...  The book... — Yearbook for Traditional Music More…

Tucker contributes here not only to the fields of history, jazz, and American studies but also to the burgeoning field of critical dance studies. Reckoning with dance, in Tucker's work, is a... — Journal of American History More…