Venda Children's Songs: A Study in Ethnomusicological Analysis

by John Blacking

Book Overview

John Blacking is widely recognized for his theoretical works How Musical Is Man? and The Anthropology of the Body. This series of essays and articles on the music of the Venda people of the northern Transvaal in South Africa constitutes his major scholarly legacy.

Venda Children's Songs presents a detailed analysis of both the music and the cultural significance of children's songs among the Venda. Among its many original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226055116
• ISBN13: 9780226055114
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"