Some Aspects of Aesthetics in the Shona Music of Rhodesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2603475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Kauffman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 507 |
| Publication date | 1969-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnomusicology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1836 • E-ISSN: 2156-7417 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/850003 |
| OpenAlex | W2327579062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Aesthetics is a subject that ethnomusicologists have for the most part avoided. Ambiguity in meaning and close relationship to Western philosophy have indeed made aesthetics a formidable subject to handle in relationship to non-Western cultures. Alan Merriam (1964) has dealt in some detail with the difficulty of finding Western aesthetic concepts in non-Western societies. He concludes that certain societies share some of our aesthetic
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Shona · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 2025 (54) |
| Highly cited | No |