Author : Gabriela Chiciudean
Release : 2018-12-14
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 438/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Myth, Music and Ritual by : Gabriela Chiciudean
Download or read book Myth, Music and Ritual written by Gabriela Chiciudean. This book was released on 2018-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into two parts, this volume includes contributions focused on both myth and some of its contemporary reflections (Part I) and the connection between myth, music and ritual (Part II). The fifteen contributions gathered here are authored by academics and researchers from Brazil, France, Poland, Mexico, South Africa and Romania. They focus on a variety of subjects, including folklore, literature, classical and traditional music, science-fiction, philosophy, and religion, among others. The volume operates with an awareness of the capital role the study of the imaginary, with all its implications, is playing in the contemporary world.