past issues:

Volumes 1-10 (1984-2002) of PRE are available for free download as pdf files in the Archive section of the website. Volume 11 (2006) and all subsequent volumes will be available online for viewing and downloading.

submissions:

We are currently accepting submissions for the 2007 Spring issue of PRE.

Please refer to the "about" page for specific submission guidelines or download them here:
submission guidelines (.pdf)

Pacific Review of Ethnomusicology
Volume 12 (Fall 2006)

Chloe Coventry, Beto González, Jesse Ruskin, and Lauryn Salazar, editors.

sounding board

Culture/History
by Timothy Taylor - University of California, Los Angeles

articles

From Oppression to Opportunity to Expression: Intercultural Relations in Indigenous Musics from the Ecuadorian Andes
by Juniper Hill - Pomona College

The Music in a Sephardi Synagogue in Israel: A Case Study
by Essica Marks - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

“Be a Fan, Not a Hater”: Identity Politics and the Audience in American Idol
by Katherine Meizel - University of California, Santa Barbara

Under the Blasphemous W(RAP): Locating the “Spirit” in Hip-Hop
by Christina Zanfagna - University of California, Los Angeles

reviews

Partido-alto: Samba de bamba by Nei Lopes
reviewed by Beto González - University of California, Los Angeles

Higher Ground: Voices of Contemporary Gospel Music
reviewed by Birgitta Johnson - University of California, Los Angeles

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