Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today

Name: Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today
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ISBN: 9781842775059

ISBN-10: 1842775057

ISBN-13: 9781842775059

Edition: 2004

Authors: Marie Korpe, Marie Korpe

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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 9/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English




Introduction



What is music censorship? : towards a better understanding of the term




Music as a parallel power structure




Music as a useless activity : conservative interpretations of music in Islam




Asia



Music censorship in Afghanistan before and after the Taliban




Music for the great leader : policy and practice in North Korea




Burma : music under siege




Uirghuristan : politics and art




Africa



Stopping the music : censorship in apartheid South Africa




Roger, me and the scorpion : working for the South African security services during apartheid




Encounters with a South African censor : confrontation and reconciliation




Remembering subversion : resisting censorship in apartheid South Africa




Playing with fire : manipulation of music and musicians in Zimbabwe




Guerrilla of pop : Matoub Lounes and the struggle for Berber identity in Algeria




The Middle East



Singing in a theocracy : female musicians in Iran




Defending freedom : blasphemy trials and censorship in Lebanon




Songs of freedom : cultural resistance in Palestine




The sound of silence : conformist musicians in Israel




The Americas



Crash into me, baby : America's implicit music censorship since 11 September




Havana and Miami : a music censorship sandwich




Mexico : drug ballads and censorship today




Responses to censorship in the USA : acquiescence, withdrawal and resistance




Europe



Turkey : censorship past and present




Rap and censorship in France