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The Arabesk Debate: Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Stokes, Martin (Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, The Queen's University, Belfast)
The Arabesk Debate: Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Stokes, Martin (Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, Lecturer in Social Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, The Queen's University, Belfast)
The Arabesk Debate describes the way in which Turkish musicians discuss, dispute, and attribute meaning to their music. Martin Stokes examines the debate over 'Arabesk', a musical genre popular throughout Turkey. His book is an ethnographic study of urban music-making in Istanbul, focusing on the activities of professional musicians and their audiences in the city.
278 pages, figures, music examples, map
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 3, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198273677 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 278 |
| Dimensions | 226 × 145 × 22 mm · 452 g |
| Language | English |