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  • A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Modern and Post-Modern Age

    Edited by Prof. Jane W. Davidson, Joy Damousi ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    The 20th century, with revolutionary and rapid developments in travel, communications and computerised technologies, offered new and seemingly limitless horizons which accompanied and amplified distinctive experiences of emotions. The birth of psychology and psychiatry revealed the importance of emotional life and that individuals could have control over their behaviour. Traditional religion was ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Music, Nostalgia and Memory

    Historical and Psychological Perspectives

    by Sandra Garrido, Jane W. Davidson ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    How are our personal soundtracks of life devised? What makes some pieces of music more meaningful to us than others? This book explores the role of memory, both personal and cultural, in imbuing music with the power to move us. Focusing on the relationship between music and key life moments from birth to death, the text takes a cross-disciplinary approach, combining perspectives from a ‘history of ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Music and Mourning

    Edited by Jane W. Davidson, Sandra Garrido ...
    Series series Music and Change: Ecological Perspectives
    While grief is suffered in all cultures, it is expressed differently all over the world in accordance with local customs and beliefs. Music has been associated with the healing of grief for many centuries, with Homer prescribing music as an antidote to sorrow as early as the 7th Century BC. The changing role of music in expressions of grief and mourning throughout history and in different cultures ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Music Practitioner

    Research for the Music Performer, Teacher and Listener

    Edited by Jane W. Davidson ...
    Useful work has been done in recent years in the areas of music psychology, philosophy and education, yet this is the first book to provide a wide assessment of what practical benefits this research can bring to the music practitioner. With 25 chapters by writers representing a broad range of perspectives, this volume is able to highlight many of the potential links between music research and ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Music in Our Lives

    Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

    by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...
    Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Music in Our Lives

    Rethinking Musical Ability, Development and Identity

    by Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, Robert Faulkner ...
    Why do some children take up music, while others dont? Why do some excel, whilst others give up? Why do some children favour classical music, whilst others prefer rock? These are questions that have puzzled music educators, psychologists, and musicologists for many years. Yet, they are incredibly difficult and complex questions to answer. 'Music in our lives' takes an innovative approach to trying ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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    An art beyond words

    by Leslie Bunt, Brynjulf Stige ...
    Music therapy is recognised as being applicable to a wide range of healthcare and social contexts. Since the first edition of Music Therapy: An art beyond words, it has extended into areas of general medicine, mainstream education and community practice. This new edition revises the historical and theoretical perspectives and recognises the growing evidence and research base in contemporary music ... Read more

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  • The Child as Musician

    A handbook of musical development

    Edited by Gary E. McPherson ...
    The new edition of The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research concerned with the development and acquisition of musical skills. The focus is on musical ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • Musical Imaginations

    Multidisciplinary perspectives on creativity, performance and perception

    Edited by David Hargreaves, Dorothy Miell, Raymond MacDonald ...
    Musical imagination and creativity are amongst the most abstract and complex aspects of musical behaviour, though, until recently, they have been difficult to subject to empirical enquiry. However, music psychology and some allied disciplines have now developed, both theoretically and methodologically, to the point where some of these topics are now firmly within our grasp. The study of creativity ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Handbook of Music and Emotion

    Theory, Research, Applications

    Edited by Patrik N. Juslin, John Sloboda ...
    Music's ability to express and arouse emotions is a mystery that has fascinated both experts and laymen at least since ancient Greece. The predecessor to this book 'Music and Emotion' (OUP, 2001) was critically and commercially successful and stimulated much further work in this area. In the years since publication of that book, empirical research in this area has blossomed, and the successor to ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis

    Edited by Salman Akhtar, Stuart Twemlow ...
    The Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis is a unique and original contribution to the field of psychoanalysis. Emphasizing and underscoring the need for interdisciplinary discourse in understanding the dialectical relationship between mind and culture, this volume addresses a multiplicity of realms. These include anthropology, religion, philosophy, history, as well as evolutionary psychology, ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Dance Studies

    Edited by Helen Thomas, Stacey Prickett ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Dance Studies maps out the key features of dance studies as the field stands today, while pointing to potential future developments.It locates these features both historically—within dance in particular social and cultural contexts—and in relation to other academic influences that have impinged on dance studies as a discipline. The editors use a thematically based ... Read more

    $65.99 USD