Popular Culture and Political Identity in the Arab Gulf States

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The Gulf States are assuming an ever more important role in the global political economy, and new cultural and political identities are emerging, both through natural processes and as a result of state design. This book explores some of the issues raised by this developing [...]

The Gei of Geisha: Music, Identity and Meaning

Product DescriptionThe Japanese geisha is an international icon, known almost universally as a symbol of traditional Japan. Numerous books exist on the topic, yet this is the first to focus on the ‘gei’ of geisha – the art that constitutes their title (gei translates as fine art, sha refers to person). Dr Kelly Foreman brings [...]

Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles

Product DescriptionMarie-Galante is a small island situated in the Caribbean to the south of Guadeloupe. The majority of Marie-Galantais are descendants of the slave era, though a few French settlers also occupy the island. Along with its neighbours Guadeloupe and Martinique, Marie-Galante forms an official departement of France. Marie-Galante historically has never been an independent [...]

Paradosiaká: Music, Meaning and Identity in Modern Greece

Product DescriptionSince the 1980s, musicians and audiences in Athens have been rediscovering musical traditions associated with the Ottoman period of Greek history. The result of this revivalist movement has been the urban musical style of ‘paradosiaka’ (’traditional’). Drawing from a varied repertoire that includes Turkish art music and folk and popular musics of Greece and [...]