The Didjeridu: from Arnhem Land to Internet
- List Price: $35.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publish date: 12/01/1998
Description:
The first comprehensive study of the Australian Aboriginal instrument from a range of musical, cultural, and sociological perspectives. Written in an accessible style, individual chapters analyze traditional uses of the instrument and its uses in contemporary Aboriginal rock music. A number of accomplished players (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) discuss the instrument and its social and cultural significance, as well as its global diffusion in the 1990s.
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The book includes a foreword from Mandawuy Yunupingu, cultural activist and lead singer with the internationally renowned Aboriginal rock band, Yothu Yindi.
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