Music, Space and Place

Professor Sheila Whiteley is Chair of Popular Music at the University of Salford, UK. Dr Andy Bennett is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. Professor Stan Hawkins is Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Osio, Norway.

• Introduction; 1: Music, Space and Place; 1: The musical construction of the diaspora: the case of reggae and Rastafari 1; 2: Who is the 'other' in the Balkans? Local ethnic music as a different source of identities in Bulgaria 1; 3: 'Power-geometry' in motion: space, place and gender in the lyra music of Crete; 4: Interrogating the production of sound and place: the Bristol phenomenon, from Lunatic Fringe to worldwide Massive; 2: Rap and Hip Hop: Community and Cultural Identity; 5: The emergence of rap Cubano: an historical perspective; 6: Doin' damage in my native language: the use of 'resistance vernaculars' in hip hop in Europe and Aotearoa/New Zealand; 7: Rapp'in' the Cape: style and memory, power in community 1; 3: Musical Production and the Politics of Desire; 8: Positioning the producer: gender divisions in creative labour and value; 9: 'Believe': vocoders, digital female identity and camp 1; 10: On performativity and production in Madonna's 'Music'; 11: 'He's Got the Power': the politics of production in girl group music

'The cultural detour through the spaces of identity has produced some interesting insights, and this book exemplifies many of these.' European Journal of Communication '... within the wide variety of disciplines the essays cover, the book adds to the literature in some discerning ways and would be of interest not only to scholars of popular music but to anyone interested in cultural studies, socio-linguistics, and issues of power and gender relations who wish to extend their reference material into the field of musicology.' Popular Music '... a very interesting collection of articles... provides highly refreshing insights on larger themes.' Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory 'The essays in this anthology form an impressive body of work pertaining to the importance of local manifestations of musical forms that may have broader regional and even international significance...the essays [...] are highly recommended to cultural geographers and others interested in popular music, spatial identities, and cultural resistance.' Journal of Cultural Geography 'a valuable and original contribution to the study of music and culture.' Space and Culture