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:

Sherali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGEHCBXbWMw

Nurmuhammad Tursun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ado80RngLn8

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.

Bibliography (Music 102 2010)

DUE: Reading summary (Mon, Oct 4)