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Terry J Ellingson
ANTH 430
Seattle Campus

The Anthropology of Music

Analysis of aspects of anthropological thought influential in ethnomusicology. Critical evaluation of dominant theoretical schools and modes of explanation, e.g., evolutionist, diffusionist, historical particularist, structuralist, functionalist, symbolist, and semiotic, through detailed examination of seminal texts. Offered: jointly with MUSIC 480.

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Last Update by Terry J Ellingson
Date: 01/06/2012