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Music at the Margins
Popular Music and Global Cultural Diversity



June 1991 | 328 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
 
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
Simon Frith
A Critical Response

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