Week 4 - Oct 4, 6, 8 - Globalization and locality in the popular musics of the world
- Mon, Wed, Fri: Lectures (case studies: Algeria, China)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Langlois, Tony. “The Local and Global in North African Popular Music.” Popular Music, 15/3, 1996, pp. 259-273.
Rai - Music Library recordings
Additional reading:
Harris, Rachel. “Reggae on the Silk Road: the Globalization of Uygur Pop.” The China Quarterly, 183, 2005, pp. 627-643.
Further reading:
Turino, Thomas. “Are we global yet? Globalist discourse, cultural formations and the study of Zimbabwean popular music.” British Journal of Ethnomusicology, 12/2, 2003, pp. 51-79.
DUE: Reading summary (Mon, Oct 4)
