Ruth Stone has taught at Indiana University for more than twenty-five years and is the Laura Boulton Professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Professor of African Studies, as well as the Co-Project Director of the EVIA Digital Archive of ethnographic video performance.
Chapter 1: Inquiry in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 2: Cultural Evolutionism and Diffusionism in Comparative Musicology
Chapter 3: Structural-Functionalist Approaches in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 4: Linguistic Approaches in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 5: Paradigmatic Structuralism in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 6: Marxist Explanations in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 7: Literary and Dramaturgical Theories in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 8: Cognition and Communication Theory in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 9: Performance Theory in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 10: Gender, Ethnicity, and Identity Issues in Ethnomusicological Theory
Chapter 11: Phenomenology and Experiential Ethnomusicology
Chapter 12: History in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 13: Postmodern, Postcolonial, and Global Issues in Ethnomusicology
Chapter 14: Convergence and Divergence in Theory