Anthro 139P

MUSIC OF ASIA

Fall 2004

Robert Garfias

Anthropology
UCI

 

Course Syllabus

 

1. General Survey of the Cultures of Asia

2. Early Man in Asia

3. Survivals of the oldest strata of civilizations

We will dicuss some but certainly not all of these

1. The Ainu of Japan
2. The Naga of Burma, Assam and India/The Murung of Bangladesh
3. The Hmong/Miao of China, Laos, and Vietnam
4. The Gond of India
5. The Kalinga/TInguian of the Northern Philippines
6. The Hill Peoples of Taiwan

4. The high Cultures

A. The Far Eastern Sphere

i. China
ii. Korea
iii. Japan
iv. Okinawa (The Ryukyus)
v. Vietnam
vi. Tibet

B. The South Asian Sphere

i. India
ii. Burma
iii. Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
iv. Indonesia and Malaysia

C. A World Apart

The Philippines

i. Hispanic Cultures
ii. Islamic cultures

 

rgarfias@uci.edu
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