Balkan Fascination

Balkan Fascination
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 310
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ISBN-10 : 9780190269425
ISBN-13 : 0190269421
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Book Synopsis Balkan Fascination by : Mirjana Laušević

Download or read book Balkan Fascination written by Mirjana Laušević and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection.


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