TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 -- FIELDWORK ON "MUSIC AND MINORITIES" -- PART 2 -- THE ROLE OF THE CHOIRS AND SONGBOOKSOF THE SORBIAN MINORITY -- CULTURE AND EDUCATION -- THE CIRCULAR FLOW OF SOUTH INDIANMUSIC AND DANCE -- SHIMA-UTA RECORDINGS AND COMPETITIONSAS A CONSERVATORY OF LIVING MUSICIN THE AMAMI ISLANDS -- PART 3 -- CONSTRUCTING PATRIMONY,1UPDATING THE MODERN -- SENSE OR ABSENCE OF NATIONALISM -- PART 4 -- MUSIC AND RACE IN AMERICAN CARTOONS -- JEWS, JAZZ AND EARLY CINEMA IN AMERICAAND STALIN'S RUSSIA -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROMAIDENTITY IN FINLAND -- CONTRIBUTORS.