Policing Pop

Martin Cloonan teaches Popular Music Culture at the University of Glasgow and is the author of Banned! Censorship of Popular Music in Britain, 1967-1992.Reebee Garofalo is Professor at the College of Public and Community Service and is affiliated with the American Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston; his most recent book is Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA.Contributors: Alenka Barber-Kersovan, Vanessa Bastian, Paul D. Fischer, Jeroen de Kloet, Michael Drewett, Steve Greenfield, Mike Jones, Keith Kahn-Harris, Dave Laing, Guy Osborn, David Parvo, José Roberto Zan, and the editors.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Defining Issues and Themes1. Call That Censorship? Problems of Definition – Martin Cloonan2. I Want My MP3: Who Owns Internet Music" – Reebee Garofalo3. Twenty Years of Music Censorship Around the World – Vanessa Bastian and Dave Laing4. Remote Control: Legal Censorship of the Creative Process – Steve Greenfield and Guy OsbornPart II: Controlling the Artistic5. Death Metal and the Limits of Musical Expression – Keith Kahn-Harris6. Marxists in the Marketplace – Mike Jones7. Argh Fuck Kill—Canadian Hardcore Goes on Trial: The Case of the Dayglo Abortions – Rob Bowman8. Strelnikoff: Censorship in Contemporary Slovenia – David ParvoPart III: Up Against the State9. Music in the Struggle to End Apartheid: South Africa – Michael Drewett10. Confusing Confucius: Rock in Contemporary China – Jeroen de Kloet (Holland)11. German Nazi Bands: Between Provocation and Repression – Alenka Barber-Kersovan (Germany)12. Popular Music and Policing in Brazil – José Roberto Zan (Brazil)13. Challenging Music as Expression in the US – Paul D. Fischer (US)About the Contributors

"Policing Pop not only provides a fascinating survey of the ways in which pop has been censored and restricted, it also makes an eloquent argument for the political and social importance of popular music. This book serves as a rich reminder of how songs can make the powerful nervous and the powerless bold."—John Street, University of East Anglia "Music censorship! What censorship? Policing Pop introduces the reader to the underlying mechanisms of music censorship and its effects on individuals and society in different parts of the world. Policing Pop will inspire and challenge further dissemination and the unveiling of appalling cases as well as concealed causes for censorship in this hitherto disregarded area of academic research."—Marie Korpe, Executive Director, Freemuse (Freedom of Musical Expression), The World Forum on Music & Censorship "This fascinating, albeit at times disturbing, read will make you nod in agreement or sigh in disbelief at the measures people have taken to control popular music."—Multicultural Review "Policing Pop works well as a collection that reinforces the common themes of music regulation and practice, and is an effective teaching text for popular music and cultural studies."—Perfect Beat "All in all, Policing Pop takes the reader on quite a ride. Its contributing authors include, among others, musicologists, sociologists, and law professors who offer intellectually rewarding insights and eloquent arguments for the political and cultural importance of popular music, something with which even young people would agree, if they could be enticed to read them."—Popular Music and Society