| Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity and Place Contributor(s): Connell, John (Author), Gibson, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415170281 ISBN-13: 9780415170284 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: "Soundtracks" traces the relationships between music, space and identity-from inner city 'scenes' to the music of nations-to give a wide-ranging perspective on popular music. It examines the influence of cultures, economics, politics and technology on the changing structure and geographies of music at local and global levels. Taking music from its role as an expression of local culture in indigenous societies to its gradual evolution towards a global music industry, this work pays particular attention to the complex spread of world music from reggae to zouk and beyond. Containing an impressive and comprehensive range of global case studies "Soundtracks" takes an innovative approach to the complex and changing relationships between music and space to provide a genuine global assessment of the power and pleasure of popular music in its many forms. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Human Geography - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal |
| Dewey: 781.630 |
| LCCN: 2002068163 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Series: Critical Geographies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.34" (1.24 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sound Tracks is the first comprehensive book on the new geography of popular music, examining the complex links between places, music and cultural identities. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on local, national and global scenes, from the 'Mersey' and 'Icelandic' sounds to 'world music', and explores the diverse meanings of music in a range of regional contexts. In a world of intensified globalisation, links between space, music and identity are increasingly tenuous, yet places give credibility to music, not least in the 'country', and music is commonly linked to place, as a stake to originality, a claim to tradition and as a marketing device. This book develops new perspectives on these relationships and how they are situated within cultural and geographical thought. |