Musical Biography: Towards New Paradigms

The epistemological upheavals in the humanities since the 1960s have generated a body of theoretical thought that has undermined many of the assumptions of traditional biography. For example, the accumulation of facts is no longer believed to bring us closer to an understanding of the subject; nor are the traditional views of the unified self and the self as a foundational idea taken for granted. This volume brings together musicologists and historians who explore, through individual case studies, the rich potential of these new theories for writing musical lives.

Author: Jolanta T. Pekacz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/19/2006
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780754651512

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 255
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 475
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2007 pg. 239

About the Author
Jolanta T. Pekacz is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in European Studies at Dalhousie University, Canada.