Musical Healing in Cultural Contexts (Music & Medicine) (Music & Medicine) (Music & Medicine)

"How do people use music to heal themselves and others' Are the healing powers of music universal or culturally specific' The essays in this volume address these two central questions as to music's potential as a therapeutic source. The contributors approach the study of music healing from social, cultural and historical backgrounds, and in so doing provide perspectives on the subject which complement the wealth of existing literature by practitioners. The forms of music therapy explored in the book exemplify the well-being that can be experienced as a result of participating in any type of musical or artistic performance. Case studies include examples from the Bolivian Andes, Africa and Western Europe, as well as an assessment of the role of Islamic traditions in Western practices. These case studies introduce some new, and possibly unfamiliar models of musical healing to music therapists, ethnomusicologists and anthropologists. The book contributes to our understanding of the transformative and healing roles that music plays in different societies, and so enables us better to understand the important part music contributes to our own cultures."--Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 8 Notes on Contributors 10 Acknowledgements 14 Chapter One: Introduction 16 Chapter Two: Bodies of Sound and Landscapes of Music: A View from the Bolivian Andes 41 Chapter Three: Theories of Music in African Ngoma Healing 61 Chapter Four: Dancing the Disease: Music and Trance in Tumbuka Healing 82 Chapter Five: ‘Spiritual Medicine’: Music and Healing in Islam and its Influence in Western Medicine 100 Chapter Six: The Inflected Voice: Attraction and Curative Properties 107 Chapter Seven: ‘No Pill’s Gonna Cure My Ill’: Gender, Erotic Melancholy and Traditions of Musical Healing in the Modern West 128 Chapter Eight: Soul Music as Exemplified in Nineteenth-Century German Psychiatry 152 Chapter Nine: The Dancing Nurse: Kalela Drums and the History of Hygiene in Africa 164 Chapter Ten: Sister Disciplines? Music and Medicine in Historical Perspective 186 Bibliography 212 Index 232 "The essays in this volume address music's potential as a therapeutic source. The contributors approach the study of music healing from social, cultural and historical backgrounds, and in so doing provide perspectives on the subject which complement the wealth of existing literature by practitioners." "The forms of music therapy explored in the book exemplify the well-being that can be experienced as a result of participating in any type of musical or artistic performance. Case studies include examples from the Bolivian Andes, Africa and Western Europe, as well as an assessment of the role of Islamic traditions in Western practices." "These case studies introduce some new, and possibly unfamiliar, models of musical healing to music therapists, ethnomusicologists and anthropologists."--Jacket. This collaborative work by a group of scholars provides an inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural discussion of how people use music to heal themselves and others, and whether the healing powers of music are universal or culturally specific. They do not address music therapy by trained therapists; rather, the 10 essays refer to the general therapeutic affect of music as a form of recreation and creativity or as part of a liberal education. Edited by Penelope Gouk, Wellcome researcher in the history of medicine at the U. of Manchester. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR The essays in this volume explore how people use music to heal themselves and whether the healing powers of music are universal or culturally specific. The contributors approach the topic from social, cultural and historical backgrounds and include case studies from Africa and Western Europe.