World flutelore : folktales, myths, and other stories of magical flute power /
"In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human fertility, birth and death, and other aspects of human and non-human behaviour. This book explores the cultural significance of flutes, flute playi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press ;
[2013]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies Supplement. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human fertility, birth and death, and other aspects of human and non-human behaviour. This book explores the cultural significance of flutes, flute playing, and flute players from around the world as interpreted from folktales, myths, and other stories - in a word, 'flutelore'."-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780252095146 0252095146 1306980704 9781306980708 |