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. “Local and Global in North African Popular Music.” Popular Music, 15/3, 1996, pp. 259-273.
Rai - Music Library recordings
YouTube links for this class:
Cheikha Fatima: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HieW9EwLOMs
Cheikha Remitti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVMFD6lfLK4
Massoud Bellemou: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvMT7UICXvA&feature=related
Massoud Bellemou: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4IhDKYgis
Khaled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1p252pD48
Cheikha Remitti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiu2mgIMkNQ
Additional reading:
Harris, Rachel. “Reggae on the Silk Road: the Globalization of Uygur Pop.” The China Quarterly, 183, 2005, pp. 627-643.
YouTube links for this class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8tT4VNpbQM&feature=related
Nurmuhammad Tursun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ado80RngLn8
Numuhammad Tursun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy06IcI6B9Q&feature=related
Omarjan Alim: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2f_soRNRAI
Yadon (Tibet): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wOKgNaL1Z0
Souad Massi (Algeria): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAvA3UG3Yq8
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)