Music And Life In The Field Of Play An Anthology

an anthology of selected writings and presentations by carolyn kenny from 1979 to 2006 this volume includes two books the mythic artery and the field of play articles from journals about music therapy and indigenous studies chapters in books on music therapy and previously unpublished papers and case study the anthology is organized into five distinct parts the mythic journey field theory for music therapy being native practice and ecological music therapy each part is introduced by an autobiographical narrative describing the context for sections a detailed introduction provides the overall context and describes important influences in kenny s thinking over time a preface by kenneth aigen describes kenny s role in the development of music therapy over the last thirty years this volume clearly reveals perhaps for the first time the important interplay between kenny s lifelong work in music therapy and her parallel work in indigenous studies it also integrates many disciplines that both influence and are influenced by music therapy education practice and research 2006 250 pages paperback table of contents preface introduction a mythic journey part one introduction to part one chapter 1 the death rebirth myth as the healing agent in music chapter 2 the mythic artery kenny the mythic artery part i kenny the mythic artery part ii kenny the mythic artery part iii chapter 3 music and spirit acknowledging the greater reality chapter 4 the magic of music therapy chapter 5 the essence of music and therapy the new york paper field theory for music therapy part two introduction to part two chapter 6 music a whole systems approach chapter 7 the field of play chapter 8 the dilemma of uniqueness chapter 9 beyond this point there be dragons chapter 10 setting the stage being native part three introduction to part three chapter 11 blue wolf says goodbye for the last time chapter 12 the sense of art chapter 13 a sense of art a first nations view chapter 14 keeping the world in balan