This volume attempts to position music as at once ritual and entertainment, esoteric and exoteric, tradition and creativity, within the cultural geographies of Hawai`i, Asia, and the Pacific. In doing so, it situates music at the very core of global human endeavours.

Frederick Lau (Editor)
>Christine R. Yano (Editor)
Christine R. Yano is professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.