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Welcome to our virtual exhibit for the Society for Ethnomusicology 2026! All of the books listed here are available to you at the meeting discount of 30% off list plus free U.S. shipping. Click on the buy buttons below and use the promotional code EX58460 in the shopping cart to get 30% off physical books.*

Books in this field are acquired by Mollie McFee.

Ebook discount: Most of the books published by the University of Chicago Press are also available in ebook form from our website. To get a 20% discount on ebooks published by the University of Chicago Press, use promotional code UCPXEB during checkout. (UCPXEB only applies to full-priced ebooks published by the University of Chicago Press.)

Many of our journals are also available at a 20% discount off with code UCPJ20.** Our journals include Current Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Research, and Transforming Anthropology.

*This offer is valid until January 8, 2027. For titles where paperback and cloth versions are available, the discount only applies to the paperback. Please note that not all of our books are available globally. For sales restrictions on individual titles, please see the book on our website.

**Discounts may not apply to all membership journals. Postage may apply to journal subscriptions with a print component. Taxes apply. Visit the journal home pages for more information.

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Featured Books

Sikh Kirtan and Its Journeys

Instruments, Theories, Technologies

Gurminder Kaur Bhogal

Journeys of Love

Kashmiris, Music, and the Poetics of Migration

Thomas Hodgson

Island Time

Speed and the Archipelago from St. Kitts and Nevis

Jessica Swanston Baker

A Prodigy’s Calling

The Early Musical Biography of Cosmas Magaya, Zimbabwean Mbira Master

Paul F. Berliner

The Majesty of Chicago Jazz

Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City’s Sound

Howard Reich

Can I Get a Witness!

Faith, Family, and Chicago Gospel Music

Steven B. Dolins

This Is Rhythm

Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement

Gayle F. Wald

Hating Jazz

A History of Its Disparagement, Mockery, and Other Forms of Abuse

Andrew S. Berish

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