Simon Frith has been one of the most important figures in the emergence and subsequent development of popular music studies. From his earliest academic publicat

Contains scholarly evaluations of books and book chapters as well as conference papers and articles published worldwide in the field of Latin American studies.

The Life of Stith Thompson as revealed in these pages was in some ways ordinary, in others extraordinary. Reading through A Folklorist's Progress one sees clear

First Published in 2000. The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music is comprised of essays from The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Volume 2, South Ameri