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Record Nr.

UNISA996202209303316

Autore

Connell John <1946, >

Titolo

Sound tracks : popular music, identity and place / / John Connell and Chris Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-69912-3

1-134-69913-1

0-203-44839-1

0-203-26929-2

1-280-10642-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Collana

Critical geographies ; ; 17

Classificazione

24.65

Altri autori (Persone)

GibsonChris <1973->

Disciplina

781.63/09

Soggetti

Globalization - Social aspects

Music and geography

Popular music - Social aspects

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 (p. 282-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Into the music; Music and place: 'fixing authenticity'; Music and movement: overcoming space; The place of lyrics; Sounds and scenes: a place for music?; Music communities: national identity, ethnicity and place; New worlds: music from the margins?; A world of flows: music, mobility and transnational soundscapes; Aural architecture: the spaces of music; Marketing place: music and tourism; Terra Digitalia? Music, copyright and territory in the information age; The long and winding road; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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,