The Language of Music

Minority Languages in Popular Music
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-04328-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series

This collection delves into the politics of language choice when composing and performing popular music in punk, metal, Hip-Hop and rap and provides fascinating examples of language change, resistance, reclamation and revitalisation from across the globe, giving readers insights into the work of artists, the activity and functions of scenes and music spaces. Even when absorbed in solitude, the uniting power of music holds the power to instil a sense of belonging connecting outsiders, outcasts and the dissident. From the agitation of protest songs to expressions of uniqueness and diversity, music offers a means for expressing individual struggle, suffering and disadvantage that can be heard, acknowledged and understood to bring about social action, reconciliation and education. This collection will introduce new music and subcultures to the wider academic community to explore and enjoy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

R. Schott, Gareth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction • 2. The Theory and Discourse of Developmental Regionalism • 3. State of Play in the Tripartite Free Trade Area Negotiations • 4. Monetary Union in Southern Africa: Is SADC Ready? • 5. Industrialization in Southern Africa: A Developmental and Strategic Perspective • 6. Agriculture and Developmental Regionalism in Southern Africa • 7. Mineral Value Chains Development and Policy Harmonization in the Southern African Development Community: Opportunities and Challenges • 8. Immigration, Xenophobia and Developmental Regionalism in Southern Africa • 9. Women in Developmental Regionalism: The Case of Southern Africa • 10. Engendering a Regional Peace and Security Community in Southern Africa • 11. Comparative Perspective from West Africa: ECOWAS • 12. Harnessing South-South Cooperation: A BRICS Perspective on Regional Developmentalism • 13. European and EU Perspectives on Developmental Regionalism • 14. Towards Sustainable Developmental Regionalism and Peace in Southern Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Über Autor(innen)

Gareth R. Schott is Professor in Media and Creative Technologies at the University of Waikato. His research portfolio is broad but includes several research publications that examine the impact of punk as a cultural movement. His creative research praxis includes the composition and performance of soundtrack and soundscape music to accompany film, installation and performance art.