"In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music fe…
Music and religion have, throughout history, walked hand in hand. In the rites and rituals of small tribal religions, great world religions, and more recent New-Age and neo-heathen movements, different kinds of music have been used to celebrate the gods, express belief and help …
"K-Pop: Popular Music, Cultural Amnesia, and Economic Innovation in South Korea seeks at once to describe and explain the emergence of export-oriented South Korean popular music and to make sense of larger South Korean economic and cultural transformations. John Lie provides not…
This revised and updated edition provides crucial information on the industry's adaptations to today's technological advances and uncertain economy.
This revised and updated edition provides crucial information on the industry's adaptations to today's technological advances and uncertain economy.
by King, Martin
fromAshgate popular and folk music series
by King, Martin
fromAshgate popular and folk music series
Drawing on methodologies and approaches from media and cultural studies, sociology, social history and the study of popular music, this book outlines the development of the study of men and masculinities, and explores the role of cultural texts in bringing about social change. I…
"In an era of the rise of the free market and economic globalization, Martin Cloonan examines why politicians and policymakers in the UK have sought to intervene in popular music - a field that has often been held up as the epitome of the free market form. Cloonan traces the dev…
"Michael Gilmour's introductory essay gives a state-of-the-discipline overview of research in popular music. He argues that popular songs frequently draw from and "interpret" themes found in the conceptual and linguistic worlds of the major religions and reveal underlying attitu…
-+One of very few books on religion and popular music-+Covers a wide range of musical styles, from heavy metal and rap to country, jazz and Broadway musicals-+The essays are written by academics and informed by their enthusiasm for the musicMany boo.
