| Description |
xiv, 303 p. : ill. |
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Routledge studies in ethnomusicology ; 3
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index. |
| Contents |
Theory and methodology : music making in a digitalized world. Globalization and digitalization in music ; Theoretical frame ; Methodological approach -- Ethnography : musicians from Beirut born during the Lebanese civil war. Experimental music ; Metal music and classic rock ; Urban music ; Rap ; Transnational networks (human hubs) ; Music as a media product ; Musicians as actors -- Analysis : six key tracks from Beirut. Zeid Hamdan: Aranis (remixed) ; Garo Gdanian: Remains of a bloodbath ; Mazen Kerbaj : Blblb flblb, Zrrrt, Piiiiiiiiiiii ; Raed Yassin : Civil war tapes ; Charbel Haber : Track 5 : Rayess Bek : Schizophrenia -- History : sonic traces from the past and present. Ground setting : the urbanization and Europeanization of music in the Arab world ; Modern music from Cairo, old music from Aleppo ; European music and Christian hymns in Beirut (1926-1948) ; The creation of a Lebanese music (1948-1967) ; Nasserism versus tourism (1952-1967) ; The rise of dissident culture and alternative music (1968-1975) ; Bombs, protest, propaganda and rock music from the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) ; Pan-Arabic pop and the 2006 war -- Meaning : reading Lebanese music making from different perspectives. Historical perspectives ; Socio-political perspectives ; Geo-political perspectives ; Psychological perspectives ; Aesthetical perspectives ; Euro-american perspectives. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Music and globalization -- Lebanon.
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Music and transnationalism -- Lebanon.
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Popular music -- Social aspects -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
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Popular music -- Political aspects -- Lebanon -- Beirut.
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Music -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Popular music -- Lebanon -- Beirut -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415808132 (hardback alk. paper) |
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9780203598252 (electronic bk.) |
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