Contesting difference a critique of africanist ethnomusicology

The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 227-237

  Agawu, Kofi ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920588791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203821015     Document Type: Chapter

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