This book asks how a study of many different musics in South East Europe can help us understand the construction of cultural traditions, East and West. It cross

Since the early twentieth century, 'balkanization' has signified the often militant fracturing of territories, states, or groups along ethnic, religious, and li

Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a t

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This edited volume examines manele (sing. manea), an urban Romanian song-dance ethnopop genre that combines local traditional and popular music with Balkan and