Music At the Margins - Popular Music and Global Cultural Diversity

Is there a growing homogenization of the world's popular music? Or, conversely, is there a continuing and perhaps ever increasing diversity of song styles and forms? With a focus is on how the process of popular music production is perceived by local musicians, this book addresses this issue, testing the more conventional `cultural imperialism' hypothesis by comparison with empirical findings from a study by the International Communication and Youth Culture Consortium.

List of contents

PART ONE: POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY
Popular Music Meanings
Industrial Roots
PART TWO: NATIONAL CASE STUDIES
Popular Music in Peripheral Contexts I
Popular Music in Peripheral Contexts II
Peripheral Production and the Core Industry
PART THREE: MAKING MUSIC ON THE PERIPHERY
Everyday Conditions
Recording and Publicity Conditions
The Musicians and their Music
Environment and Creativity
PART FOUR: `POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY¿ REVISITED
Further Thoughts on Popular Music Meanings
A Critical Response - Simon Frith

Summary

Aims to determine whether there is a growing homogenization of the world's popular music, or whether there is a continuing and perhaps ever-increasing diversity of song styles and forms. Focuses on how the process of popular music production is perceived by local musicians and reflects upon theory.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Buck, Marlene Cuthbert, Deanna Buck Robinson, Deanna Campbell Robinson, Deanna Campbell Buck Robinson, ROBINSON DEANNA BUCK ELIZABETH C
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.1991
• EAN: 9780803931930
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-3193-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Communication and Human Values; Communication and Human Values
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries