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How Musical Is Man? 1976 2026 1992 2009 254
  1. How Musical Is Man? (1976)
    Charles Keil, John Blacking Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

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Works of John Blacking being referenced

The Mission of Metaphor in Expressive Culture [and Comments and Reply]
1974
The Anthropology of the Body
1977
How Musical is Man?
1974
Rethinking Culture: A Project for Current Anthropologists [and Comments and Reply]
1973
Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents.
1974
Music, Culture, and Experience: Selected Papers of John Blacking
1995
How Musical Is Man?
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