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Overview of the history of soundtracks in cinema.
This is an introductory lecture about Iranian pop music in diaspora for undergrad students of INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR MUSIC. It is also a workshop to introduce fundamental aspects of Iranian pop music and political dislocation to... more
Revolt TV, April 2014
This article explores space imagery in the music of George Clinton and David Bowie and argues that different horizons of Black and white terrestrial experience give rise to divergent astral imaginaries. Analysis of song lyrics, liner... more
Die Auswirkungen struktureller Diskriminierung in Form von Audismus werden gegenwärtig gesellschaftlich und politisch unterschätzt. Privile-gien, die sich für Menschen durch die Fähigkeit, zu hören, ergeben, bleiben tauben Menschen... more
Naples, Smyrna (Izmir), and Athens are currently among the most populous and modern cities in the Mediterranean. During the last two decades of the nineteenth century, when “classic” Neapolitan song was born, Naples was the former capital... more
This is a book of ideas, a catalogue of experience, a mass of personal stories, a collection of inspiring musical exercises, and a fascinating record of community music's roots and heritage. Community music making is exploding across... more
Il volume analizza l’industria musicale nelle sue strutture: un sistema di professionisti e di routine produttive il cui obiettivo è la realizzazione del prodotto musicale, dalla sua incisione in studio alla sua vendita su supporti... more
En el año 1889 se comercializaron en EEUU los primeros cilindros de cera que contenían grabaciones musicales. Estas grabaciones podían escucharse con auriculares de tubo mediante el fonógrafo de Edison en salones fonográficos y otros... more
Il volume parte da una ricostruzione del contesto socioculturale della musica pop, per arrivare, attraverso un'analisi delle questioni, dei metodi e dei termini in gioco, a offrire uno sguardo inedito su questo oggetto ubiquo, uno dei... more
The complex legacy of Mexico's ethnic past and geographic location have shaped the country and its culture. In Music in Mexico, Alejandro L. Madrid uses extensive fieldwork, interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances,... more
During the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West famously interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for "Best Female Video." A year later both performers returned to the VMAs with songs that responded directly to the original... more
... a usage or behavioral (self-report) framework, while the literature concerning the consumption of aesthetic products uses an experientially-based approach to ascertain music involvement. The behavioral format yielded two measures, one... more
In questo lavoro è stata svolta una ricerca parallela tra cinema e canzone in Italia: film e canzoni sono stati considerati come prodotti culturali, oggetti intermediali, forme artistiche e categorie estetiche che entrambe concorrono alla... more
ABSTRACT: Portrayals of noblewomen and the courtly love ideal are familiar themes in medieval songs and romances. This essay challenges the legitimacy of these themes, tracing an archeology of courtly love as a scholarly and cultural... more
La musica si offre al nostro orecchio e al nostro esserne gli interpreti bilanciando sempre quelle che sembrano essere le sue due qualità distintive e contrapposte: l’ineffabilità e la capacità di comunicare sensazioni, atmosfere, storie... more
This paper explores the importance of Kendrick Lamar in the entertainment industry, in hip-hop and in American History. The essence of this paper explores his celebrity black body in relation to history, identity and his contribution to... more
This course explores how popular culture generates and articulates our understandings of gender and sexuality and their intersections with race and class. The weekly themes cohere around two correlated topics: 1. “Celebrity” and its... more
En este estudio es producto de una investigación realizada entre 2010-2012 en el que se analiza el consumo cultural de la trova yucateca en Mérida, a partir de ver los procesos de recepción en tres generaciones de oyentes en las familias... more
The focus of this comparative, pan-Iberian study is on the negotiation of identity and hybrid cultural production in early twenty-first-century Spain and Portugal. I identify here two subgenres of indie and electronic music scenes and... more
Capitolo dedicato al formato dei talent show e ai rapporti tra musica e televisione e industria culturale, con analisi della versione italiana di X Factor e le sue peculiarità
Contributo in Storia della comunicazione e dello spettacolo in Italia
sottotitolo -Volume III. I media alla sfida della convergenza (1979-2012) , Vita e Pensiero, 2017 - a cura di Aldo Grasso
sottotitolo -Volume III. I media alla sfida della convergenza (1979-2012) , Vita e Pensiero, 2017 - a cura di Aldo Grasso
Pussy Riot’s surprise punk prayer at the altar of Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ Our Savior instigated significant controversy in Russia and resulted in the conviction of three Pussy Riot members on the charge of “hooliganism motivated by... more
Una ricerca sull'“evoluzione” digitale della musica e del suo rapporto con i media: un'analisi del cambiamento di modelli di produzione, distribuzione e consumo, confrontati con le caratteristiche distintive del periodo analogico.... more
Musicians' drive to be productive on the Internet led to the development of practices that can inform popular music education. Expanding the concept of popular music education to include online participatory culture practices provides... more
With the “controlling images” of the Jezebel, the Mammy, and the Sapphire constantly reiterated in movies, television shows, and popular culture, serving the interests of what bell hooks has identified as white supremacist, capitalist... more
Wayne Vucinic Book Prize 2007, "for the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences." Endorsement by Slavoj Zizek: "Alexei Yurchak's Everything... more
In this project I wish to establish a seventeenth century popular concept focusing on the lute in France between 1650 and 1700. By promoting a more culturally based understanding of French lute music, I try to unveil some of its functions... more