Table of Contents

Tables Preface Introduction The Australian Rock Music Scene by Susanna Agardy and Lawrence Zion Culture, Media and the Music Industry in Brazil by Nelly de Camargo The English Experience by Alison J. Ewbank Popular Music and the Music Industry in Greece by Fouli T. Papageorgiou A Brief History of Music Production in Hawaii by Elizabeth B. Buck Music in India: A Look at Something Different by Usha Vyasulu Reddy The Israeli Musical Environment: Cultural Heritage and Sociocultural Change by Hanna Adoni Local Musicians in Jamaica: A Case Study by Marlene Cuthbert and Avonie Brown Interactions of Imported and Indigenous Musics in Japan: A Historical Overview of the Music Industry by Toru Mitsui The Problem of Our Time: Culture or Industrial Culture? Musical Creation or Industrialized Musical Products? The Spanish Case by Blanca Munoz Seeking the Best Integration: Popular Music in Taiwan by Georgette Wang Visceral Vibes and a Place in the Sun: U.S. Popular Music by Deanna Campbell Robinson, Jack Banks, and Nancy Breaux Uruguayan Popular Music: Notes on Recent History by Carlos Alberto Martins and Carlos Dumpiérrez Index

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In-depth analyses of the meaning of popular music in 13 different cultural contexts around the world, discussing the impact of transnational music on national cultures.

About the Author

ALISON J. EWBANK is a freelance writer in England, having spent many years at the Institute for Mass Communications Studies at Leeds University. Her research there included studying the political aspects of mass media. She is co-author of Social Conflict and Television News and Music at the Margins (1991). FOULI T. PAPAGEORGIOU is Director of the Centre for Development Studies Planning and Research in Athens, Greece. She has extensive research experience on issues related to policymaking in the areas of leisure and recreation. She is co-author of Music at the Margins (1991).