P''ungmul - South Korean Drumming and Dance

The first full-length book to introduce Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world, Nathan Hesselink's "P'ungmul" offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, characters, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. Hesselink also evaluates how this tradition has taken on new roles and meanings in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, investigating the interrelated yet contested spheres of history, memory, government policy, grassroots politics, opportunities for musical transmission, and performance practices and aesthetics. " P'ungmul" offers those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies a special glimpse into the inner workings of a historically rich, artistically complex, and aesthetically and aurally beautiful Korean music and dance tradition. Zusammenfassung Introduces Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world. This title offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. It is suitable for those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Hesselink, Hesselink Nathan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.2006
• EAN: 9780226330938
• ISBN: 978-0-226-33093-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology; Chicago Studies in Ethnomusico; Chicago Studies in Ethnomusico; Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology