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Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 6: Locations - Africa and the Middle East
Hardback
Main Details
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Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 6: Locations - Africa and the Middle East
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Dr. John Shepherd
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Edited by David Horn
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Edited by Dave Laing
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| Series | Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 169 |
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| Category/Genre | Rock and Pop |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781501324468
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| Classifications | Dewey:781.630956 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Imprint |
Bloomsbury Academic USA
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| Publication Date |
25 February 2016 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 6 is one of five volumes within the 'Locations' strand of the series. This volume discusses the popular music of African and the Middle East in a historical, geographical, demographical, political, economic, and cultural context. It also examines the genres associated with the region, significant venues such as theatres, dance halls, clubs and bars, and notable performers and other practitioners such as producers, engineers, and technological innovators. The volume consists of over 100 entries written by more than 60 leading popular music scholars and practitioners, including John Collins on Ghana, Moya Aliya Malamusi on Malawi, and, Motti Regev on Israel. This and all other volumes of the Encyclopedia are now available through an online version of the Encyclopedia: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/encyclopedia-work?docid=BPM_reference_EPMOW. A general search function for the whole Encyclopedia is also available on this site. A subscription is required to access individual entries. Please see: https://www.bloomsburypopularmusic.com/for-librarians.
Author Biography
David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor's Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role "as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology." Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.
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