'Madchester Rave on': Placing the Fragments of Popular Music

'Madchester Rave on': Placing the Fragments of Popular Music

Geographers have neglected popular music, in spite of its key role in cultural identity. Using the example of Manchester, we outline geography's role in forging a certain distinctiveness to the city's 'independent' music. It is suggested that such musical fragments, which complem...

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Veröffentlicht in:Area (London 1969) 1996-03, Vol.28 (1), p.47-55
Hauptverfasser: Halfacree, Keith H., Kitchin, Robert M., Kitchen, Robert M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Capitalism
Cultural identity
Geography
Music
Musical aesthetics
Musical bands
Musical expression
Popular culture
Popular music
Postmodern music
Postmodernism
Raves
United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:Geographers have neglected popular music, in spite of its key role in cultural identity. Using the example of Manchester, we outline geography's role in forging a certain distinctiveness to the city's 'independent' music. It is suggested that such musical fragments, which complement and contrast with the global aspirations of mainstream popular music, feed into the formation of postmodern 'neo-tribes'.
ISSN:0004-0894
1475-4762