About the Author

Ron Emoff is Assistant Professor of Music at Ohio State University-Newark. He received the PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Texas at Austin. Thereafter he taught as a Lecturer at University of Texas, University of California (Santa Barbara), and was awarded a year-long Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Richard Carley Hunt Fellowship for the preparation of this book

Reviews

"Ron Emoff's work joins critical and cultural theory to a deep knowledge of Malagasy musical practice. Recollecting from the Past reveals the formidable complexities of a musical history, indeed, reveals quite distinctly how music powerfully embodies that history."--Steve Feld, Professor of Anthropology, New York University

""Ron Emoff's work joins critical and cultural theory to a deep knowledge of Malagasy musical practice. Recollecting from the Past reveals the formidable complexities of a musical history, indeed, reveals quite distinctly how music powerfully embodies that history.""--Steve Feld, Professor of Anthropology, New York University

""Ron Emoff has written a lively and provocative account of music and spirit possession on the east coast of Madagascar. It is also the first serious ethnomusicological study of Malagasy music. By focusing on music, he brings a new and unique perspective to bear on familiar Malagasy topics.""--Jennifer Cole, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University