Local Musical Traditions in the Globalization Process

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Articles
The Editor: Preface
Rainer Polak: A Musical Instrument Travels Around the World: Jenbe Playing in Bamako, West Africa, and Beyond
Kevin Dawe: Roots Music in the Global Village: Cretan Ways of Dealing with the World at Large
Deborah Wong: Taiko and the Asian/American Body: Drums, Rising Sun, and the Question of Gender
J. Lawrence Witzleben: Musical Systems and Inter-genre Relationship in Hong Kong
Colin Huehns: The Shaanxi Qinpai Erhu Tradition. Re-invention and Re-invigoration of a Folk Tradition
Max Peter Baumann: The Local and The Global: Traditional Musical Instruments and Modernization
Book Reviews (Jonathan Stock, ed.)
Jonathan Stock: Graduate Student Reviews
Richard C. Jankowsky: The Gendered Spaces of Rai: A Review Essay: Schade-Poulsen, Marc. Men and Popular Music in Algeria: The Social Significance of Rai. --- Virolle, Marie. La chanson rai: de l'Algerie profonde a la scene internationale
Noriko Toda: Levin, Theodore. The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia (and Queens, New York)
Jonathan Kramer: Booth, Wayne. For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals
CD Reviews (Janet Sturman, ed.)
Janet Sturman: Briefly Mentioned (Short Reviews)
About the Authors