期刊名称：Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education
印刷版ISSN：1545-4517
出版年度：2008
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：103-103
出版社：Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, MayDay Group
摘要：ACT¡¯s special book review issues feature essays by multiple authors who explore broad issues of
relevance to the music education profession¡ªissues that arise as the authors read a designated
book. A feature of ACT since shortly after its inception, these ¡®essay reviews¡¯ (as we have
referred to them) are intended to be of the kind where, in addition to perhaps recounting and
reacting to certain major ideas, claims, etc., of the book at hand, authors use their own expertise
to expand on certain themes, fill in possible gaps, correct or add to certain points and, in general
to create an essay that is of free-standing interest and importance, whether or not the ACT reader
ever reads the book being reviewed. Using a given book as a springboard, then, authors are
invited to explore issues and concerns the book raises in their minds, whether or not they are
explicitly addressed in that book. These are not the typical ¡®academic¡¯ reviews that are long on
summary, short on analysis, and often crafted with the purpose of recommending (or not) that the
book be read by other academics. The focus of ACT¡¯s book review issues is, in short, the ideas
and concerns advanced by the authors who have contributed essays in response to a designated
book.
