Cultural Intersections in Music Therapy: Music, Health, and the Person

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This is the first comprehensive textbook on multicultural dimensions of music therapy. The editors pass the literary microphone to the contributing authors - all music therapists who have found belonging and identity in diverse cultures. The authors examine how music therapy is relevant within an individual's cultural context through personal and scholarly explorations. The chapters are separated into three sections: 1) understanding oppression and bias; 2) minority cultures within North America; and 3) inclusive music therapy practice and education. This focused examination prompts the reader to listen to myriad voices and engage in cultural dialogues. Cover Copyright Dedication ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE 1 DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION 2 I DON’T SEE YOU AS BLACK/GAY/DISABLED/MUSLIM/ETC.: MICROAGGRESSIONS IN EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS 3 REFLECTING ON PERSONAL BIAS 4 MUSIC THERAPY WITH HISPANIC/LATINO CLIENTS 5 EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE 6 MUSIC THERAPY IN THE SOUTH ASIAN–AMERICAN DIASPORA 7 DISCOVERING ARAB/MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE 8 AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES 9 THE CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICANS/FIRST PEOPLES: THE VOICES OF TWO INDIGENOUS WOMAN SCHOLARS 10 “32 FLAVORS” (AND THEN SOME): REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITIES THAT FALL SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 11 MUSLIM CULTURES 12 TWO JEWS, THREE OPINIONS 13 THE CULTURES OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUESTIONING COMMUNITIES 14 INTERSECTIONS OF GENDER AND CULTURE 15 SURVIVOR CULTURE 16 THE CULTURE OF DISABILITY 17 MINORITY EDUCATORS 18 ALLIES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 19 CULTURALLY COMPETENT MUSIC THERAPY ASSESSMENTS 20 TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT MUSIC THERAPY PRACTICE CONCLUSION INDEX