Over the past twenty years, a range of radical developments has
revolutionized musicology, leading certain practitioners to describe
their discipline as 'New.' What has happened to ethnomusicology during
this period? Have its theories, methodologies, and values remain rooted
in the 1970s and 1980s or have they also transformed? What directions
might or should it take in the new millennium? The New
(Ethno)musicologies seeks to answer these questions by addressing and
critically examining key issues in contemporary ethnomusicology. Set in
two parts, the volume explores ethnomusicology's shifting relationship
to other disciplines and to its own 'mythic' histories and plots a range
of potential developments for its future. It attempts to address how
ethnomusicology might be viewed by those working both inside and outside
the discipline and what its broader contribution and relevance might be
within and beyond the academy. Henry Stobart has collected essays from
key figures in ethnomusicology and musicology, including Caroline
Bithell, Martin Clayton, Fabian Holt, Jim Samson, and Abigail Wood, as
well as Europea series editors, Martin Stokes and Philip V. Bohlman. The
engaging result presents a range of perspectives, reflecting on
disciplinary change, methodological developments, and the broader sphere
of music scholarship in a fresh and unique way, and will be a key source
for students and scholars.
