Week 2 (Jan 11-15) - Globalization and (g)locality in the popular musics of the world
Tuesday 12: Lecture & discussion
Assigned reading:
Langlois, Tony. “Local and Global in North African Popular Music.” Popular Music, 15/3, 1996, pp. 259-273.
Rai - Music Library recordings
Thursday 14: Lecture & discussion
Assigned reading:
Harris, Rachel. “Reggae on the Silk Road: the Globalization of Uygur Pop.” The China Quarterly, 183, 2005, pp. 627-643.
Additional reading:
Den Tandt, Catherine. “Globalization and Identity: The Discourse of Popular Music in the Caribbean.” In Richard Young (ed.) Music, Popular Culture, Identities. Amsterdam / New York: Rodopi, 2002, pp. 85-99.