Theses Doctoral

Across a Divide: Mediations of Popular Music in Contemporary Morocco and Spain

Karl, Brian

This dissertation is about the mediation of cross-cultural difference among Moroccan and Spanish musical practitioners. It is based on the idea that negotiations across the gaps of such difference have been promoted through the increased circulation of people, products and ideas in the modern era. Based on fieldwork during the years 2003-2007, primarily in the urban sites of Granada, Spain and Fez, Morocco, the project focuses on popular music, how both the production and reception of music are critically bound up with notions of genre, how resulting associations of musical practice are affected by different uses of technology, and how musical practices of all types partake of and help form different ideas of belonging.

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Academic Units
Music
Thesis Advisors
Fox, Aaron Andrew
Degree
Ph.D., Columbia University
Published Here
March 20, 2014