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Cassette Culture

Popular Music and Technology in North India

Cassette Culture( )
Author: Manuel, Peter
Series title:Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Ser.
ISBN:978-0-226-50401-8
Publication Date:May 1993
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $37.00
Book Description:

In Cassette Culture, Peter Manuel tells how a new mass medium--the portable cassette player--caused a major upheaval in popular culture in the world's second-largest country. The advent of cassette technology in the 1980s transformed India's popular music industry from the virtual monopoly of a single multinational LP manufacturer to a free-for-all among hundreds of local cassette producers. The result was a revolution in the quantity, quality, and variety of Indian popular...
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Book Details
Pages:322
Detailed Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
Music / Ethnic
Music / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Technology & Engineering / Acoustics & Sound
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.663 Inches
Book Weight:1.012 Pounds



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