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Source: British Journal of Ethnomusicology, Vol. 11, No. 1, Red Ritual: Ritual Music and
Communism (2002)
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Contents
ARTICLES
Introduction: ritual music RachelHarris and
and Communism
Barley
Norton 1
Siren
songs:
ritual and revolution
inthe PeruvianAndes JonathanRitter 9
Longday's journey
to
Rinc6n:
f rom
suf f ering
toresistance inthe
procession
of San
Laizaro/ Babali
Aye
Katherine J.
Hagedorn
43
"The MoonRemembers Uncle Ho":
the
politics
of musicand
mediumship
innorthernVietnam
Barley
Norton 71
Mazar f estivals of the
Uyghurs: music,
Rachel Harris and
Islamand the Chinese State
Rahili
Dawut 1 0 1
Saving
the soul inRed China: music
and
ideology
inthe
Gongde
ritual of
merit in
Fujian
Hwee-San Tan 1 1 9
The
Jewish
service inCommunist
Hungary:
a
personaljourney
Judit
Frigyesi
1 41
REVIEWS OF BOOKS
Green,
How
popular
musicians learn:
a
way
ahead
f or
musiceducation
Vic
Gammon 1 59
Kojaman,
The
maqam
music
tradition
of Iraq
with 2 CDs Ruth Davis 1 63
REVIEWS OF RECORDINGS
A
viagem
dos
sons/ The
journey
of
sounds 1 2 CDs Carole
Pegg
1 70
Ustad Mohammad Omar - virtuoso
f romAf ghanistan
John
Baily
1 77
Healing, f easting
and
magical
ritual:
songs
and dances
f romPapua
New Guinea KevinDawe 1 78
Eliyahoo
Hanabee. The musical tradition
of
the Bene Israel
of Bombay
Martin
Clayton
1 80