More Than Bollywood: Studies in Indian Popular Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199928859)

This is the first book to tackle the diverse styles and multiple histories of popular music in India. It brings together fourteen of the field's leading scholars to contribute chapters on a range of topics from the classic songs of Bollywood to contemporary remixes. The chapters in this volume address the impact of media and technology on contemporary music, the variety of industrial developments and contexts for Indian popular music, and historical trends in popular music development both before and after the Indian Independence in 1947. The contributors also address the subcontinent's historical relationships with colonialism, the transnational market economies, local governmental factors, international conventions, and a host of other circumstances that shed light on the development of popular music throughout India. To illustrate each chapter author's points, and to make available music otherwise not always easily accessible, the book features a companion website of audio and video tracks.

Author: Gregory D. Booth
ISBN-10: 0199928851
ISBN-13: 9780199928859
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 12/04/2013
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2014