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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452523203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow, 2013

ISBN

0-8108-8828-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MbayeBabacar

HallAlexander Charles Oliver

Disciplina

781.640973

Soggetti

Popular music - United States - History and criticism

Music and globalization - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. American popular music in local contexts -- pt. II. American popular music in global contexts.

Sommario/riassunto

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 an