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January 11, 2025

Music, Popular Culture, Identities

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Free Download Richard A Young, "Music, Popular Culture, Identities"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 9042012498 | PDF | pages: 376 | 7.6 mb
Music, Popular Culture, Identities is a collection of sixteen essays that will appeal to a wide range of readers with interests in popular culture and music, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology. Organized around the central theme of music as an expression of local, ethnic, social and other identities, the essays touch upon popular traditions and contemporary forms from several different regions of the world: political engagement in Italian popular music; flamenco in Spain; the challenge of traditional music in Bulgaria; boerenrock and rap in Holland; Israeli extreme heavy metal; jazz and pop in South Africa, and musical hybridity and politics in Côte d’Ivoire. The collection includes essays about Latin America: on the Mexican corrido, the Caribbean, popular dance music in Cuba, and bossanova from Brazil. Communities of a cultural diaspora in North America are discussed in essays on Somali immigrant and refugee youth and Iranians in exile in the US. Grounded in cultural theory and a specialized knowledge of a particular popular musical practice, each author has written a critical study on the mix of music and identity in a particular social practice and context.

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January 7, 2025

Popular Music Culture The Key Concepts

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Free Download Popular Music Culture: The Key Concepts By Roy Shuker
2022 | 394 Pages | ISBN: 0367768399 | EPUB | 1 MB
Now in its fifth edition, this popular A-Z student reference book provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture, examining the social and cultural aspects of popular music. Fully revised with extended coverage of the music industries, sociological concepts and additional references to reading, listening, and viewing throughout, the new edition expands on the foundations of popular music culture, tracing the impact of digital technology and changes in the way in which music is created, manufactured, marketed, and consumed. The concept of metagenres remains a central part of the book: historically, socially, and geographically situated overarching, umbrella categories, each embracing a wide range of associated genres. New or expanded entries include: Charts, Digital music culture, Country music, Education, Ethnicity, Race, Gender, Grime, Heritage, History, Indie, Synth pop, Policy, Punk rock, Streaming. Popular Music Culture: The Key Concepts is an essential reference tool for students studying the social and cultural dimensions of popular music.

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January 2, 2025

Participation and Beliefs in Popular Religiosity An Empirical-Theological Exploration Among Italian Catholics

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Free Download Francesco Zaccaria, "Participation and Beliefs in Popular Religiosity: An Empirical-Theological Exploration Among Italian Catholics "
English | ISBN: 9004180966 | 2009 | 310 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Many academic disciplines have contributed to the study of popular religiosity, but the definition of this phenomenon and of its relation with official religion still remains a problematic topic. This book offers an empirical-theological investigation of popular religiosity by exploring among Italian Catholics the relation between popular religious participation (processions, pilgrimages, vows, et cetera) and religious beliefs. The investigated beliefs are beliefs about God, about human suffering in relation to God, about Jesus Christ, and about the church. The results indicate that popular religious participation influences some of these beliefs. This study contributes to an empirically based picture of a complementary relation between popular religiosity and official religion within the Catholic Church in Italy.

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January 2, 2025

A Cheesecake Lover’s Essential Cookbook Popular Cheesecake Recipes From New York Classics to Global Delights

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Free Download A Cheesecake Lover’s Essential Cookbook: Popular Cheesecake Recipes From New York Classics to Global Delights by Ana Rose
English | September 3, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CH7RN1J7 | 113 pages | EPUB | 6.65 Mb
Indulge in luscious cheesecake from the comfort of home! "A Cheesecake Lover’s Essential Cookbook" delivers 30 decadent recipes, from classic to creative that anyone can whip up.

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