Paradise City Healing Cities Through Music

Mario Goossens, KarelVan Mileghem, Fabrice Debatty

Hardback (02 Dec 2019)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book explores the healing power of music in relation to some of the world's most devastating conflicts and disasters, showing how music inspires people to rebuild, and restores hope. The authors profile Hiroshima (1945: the atom bomb), Belfast (1969-1998: The Troubles), Detroit (2013: racism and bankruptcy of the city), New Orleans (2005: Hurricane Katrina), Port Au Prince (2010: earthquake) and Kigali (1994: Rwandan genocide). The author has created a Spotify playlist to accompany the book: Paradise City Lannoo Playlist

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Lannoo

The Lannoo Publishing Group wants to be a leading, creative and flexible knowledge enterprise pursuing both cultural and economic value. This pursuit for cultural surplus value is rooted in the mindset of the founder of Lannoo Publishing and his interest for cultural life. Our enterprise has always been loyal to this vision and has thus acquired its unique profile in the market. The economic surplus value is necessary for serving the needs of our clients, employees, share holders and the community which we are part of, in an enduring way.

Book information

ISBN:	9789401464963
Publisher:	Lannoo Publishers
Imprint:	Lannoo
Pub date:	02 Dec 2019
Language:	English
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	1094g
Height:	305mm
Width:	278mm
Spine width:	17mm