Crossing traditions : American popular music in local and global contexts / edited by Babacar M'Baye, Alexander Charles Oliver Hall.

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TextPublication details: Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.Description: 1 online resource ([164] pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780810888289
0810888289
9781299734852
1299734855

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crossing traditions.DDC classification:

781.640973 23

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ML3477 .C78 2013eb

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Part 1. American popular music in local contexts. 1. Blue Maxwell : race, space, and the battle for the Chicago blues / John Robert Terry. 2. The camouflaged celebration of irregular romance in early rock 'n' roll : "robbin the cradle" in the '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s / Paul L. Gaston. 3. Resistance stance against commodification : bad religion and the punk rock protest music they make / Sarah L. DeLury. 4. Who "owns" rap? : a justification for white Christian rap / Randi Pahlau. 5. "A horrible force called music" : Frank Zappa's Joe's garage as critical dystopia / Alexander Charles Oliver Hall -- Part 2. American popular music in global contexts. 6. In search of Mahalia Jackson and Aminata Fall : a comparative study of Senegalese and African American blues / Babacar M'Baye. 7. Recolonizing the blues : the paradox of the British invasion of American popular music / Andrea Caroso. 8. Samples of the past : performative nostalgia, illicit sounds, and cultural transformation in Latin house music / Susanna Loza. 9. Bhangra-Beat and Hip-hop : hyphenated musical cultures, hybridized music / Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith and Anthony J. Fonseca.

Summary: In Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts, a wide range of scholarly contributions on the local and global significance of American popular music examines the connections between selected American blues, rock and roll, and hip-hop music and their equivalents from Senegal, Nigeria, England, India, and Mexico. Contributors show how American popular music promotes local and global awareness of such key issues as economic inequality and social marginalization while inspiring cross-cultural and interethnic influences among regional and transnational communities.--Publisher's website.

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In Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts, a wide range of scholarly contributions on the local and global significance of American popular music examines the connections between selected American blues, rock and roll, and hip-hop music and their equivalents from Senegal, Nigeria, England, India, and Mexico. Contributors show how American popular music promotes local and global awareness of such key issues as economic inequality and social marginalization while inspiring cross-cultural and interethnic influences among regional and transnational communities.--Publisher's website.