Songs of the minotaur : hybridity and popular music in the era of globalization : a comparative analysis of rebetika, tango, rai, flamenco, sardana, and English urban folk

In an age of globalization and rapidly changing musical landscapes, social scientists from different countries and disciplines attempt to analyze the contemporary cultural dynamics of some of the current ethnical musical styles with respect to their commont traits. Their approach is based on the conceptions of hybridity and hybridization as they are currently discussed in the cultural and social sciences as well as in musicology itself. Alluding to the labyrinth as a metaphor of the revelation of complex ramifications, it is hoped that this approach will provide a new theoretical and methodological access to the explanation of recent processes of cultural transformation within the field of popular music. Songs of the Minotaur Contents Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Preface 1 Hybrids in the Global Economy of Music: How the Major Labels define the Latin Music Market (Andreas Gebesmair) 2 The Tame Sow and the Wild Boar: Hybridization and the Rebetika (Gail Holst-Warhaft) 3 The Politics of Hybridization in Rai Music (Susana Asensio Llamas) 4 Hybridization in the Tango: Objects, Process, and Considerations (Enrique Camara de Landa) 5 Hybridization and its Meanings in the Catalan Musical Tradition (Josep Marti) 6 The Fatigue of the Nation: Flamenco as the Basis of Heretical Identities (Enrique Baltanas) 7 Flamenco Fusion and New Flamenco as Postmodern Phenomena: An Essay on creative Ambiguity in Popular Music (Gerhard Steingress) 8 Stepping out of Line: Hybrid Phenomena in Popular Culture and English Urban Folk (Carina Sulzer) 9 Towards a Typology of Hybrid Forms in Popular Music (Wolfgang Holzinger) 10 What is Hybrid Music? An Epilogue (Gerhard Steingress) Hybrids in the global economy of music : how the major labels define the Latin music market / Andreas Gebesmair The tame sow and the wild boar : hybridization and the rebetika / Gail Holst-Warhaft The politics of hybridization in rai music / Susana Asensio Llamas Hybridization in the tango : objects, process, and considerations / Enrique Cámara de Landa Hybridization and its meanings in the Catalan musical tradition / Josep Martí The fatigue of the nation : flamenco as the basis of heretical identities / Enrique Baltanás Flamenco fusion and new flamenco as postmodern phenomena : an essay on creative ambiguity in popular music / Gerhard Steingress Stepping out of line : hybrid phenomena in popular culture and English urban folk / Carina Sulzer Towards a typology of hybrid forms in popular music / Wolfgang Holzinger What is hybrid music? : an epilogue / Gerhard Steingress.