Music at the Margins: Popular Music and Global Cultural Diversity / Edition 1

by Deanna Campbell Robinson, Elizabeth Buck, Marlene Cuthbert

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803931923
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/22/1991
Series:	Communication and Human Values , #9
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table 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