Where Music Helps: Community Music Therapy in Action and Reflection

by Gary Ansdell, Mercédès Pavlicevic, Cochavit Elefant, et al.

Book Overview

This book explores how people may use music in ways that are helpful for them, especially in relation to a sense of wellbeing, belonging and participation. The central premise for the study is that help is not a decontextualized effect that music produces. The book contributes to the current discourse on music, culture and society and it is developed in dialogue with related areas of study, such as music sociology, ethnomusicology, community psychology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409410102
• ISBN13: 9781409410102
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"