transnational platforms in Beirut Burkhalter, Thomas creator text bibliography nyu 2013 monographic eng

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303 p. : ill. Theory and methodology : music making in a digitalized world. Globalization and digitalization in music ; Theoretical frame ; Methodological approach -- Ethnography : musicians from Beirut born during the Lebanese civil war. Experimental music ; Metal music and classic rock ; Urban music ; Rap ; Transnational networks (human hubs) ; Music as a media product ; Musicians as actors -- Analysis : six key tracks from Beirut. Zeid Hamdan: Aranis (remixed) ; Garo Gdanian: Remains of a bloodbath ; Mazen Kerbaj : Blblb flblb, Zrrrt, PIIIIIIIIIIII ; Taga of Daga ; Raed Yassin : Civil war tapes ; Charbel Haber : Track 5 : Rayess Bek : Schizophrenia -- History : Music and noise in Lebanon from the past and present. Ground setting : the urbanization and Europeanization of music in the Arab world ; Modern music from Cairo, old music from Aleppo ; European music and Christian hymns in Beirut (1926-1948) ; The creation of a Lebanese music (1948-1967) ; Nasserism versus tourism (1952-1967) ; The rise of dissident culture and alternative music (1968-1975) ; Bombs, protest, propaganda and rock music from the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) ; Pan-Arabic pop and the 2006 war -- Meaning : reading Lebanese music making from different perspectives. Historical perspectives ; Sociopolitical perspectives ; Geopolitical perspectives ; Psychological perspectives ; Aesthetical perspectives ; Euro-American perspectives. HKBU library Thomas Burkhalter. YT2025 M10 Music and globalization Lebanon Music and transnationalism Lebanon Popular music Social aspects Lebanon Beirut Popular music Political aspects Lebanon Beirut Music Lebanon Beirut 20th century History and criticism Popular music Lebanon Beirut History and criticism ML3917 B959 L 2013 9780415808132 9780203598252 SDU 120814