Making Diaspora in a Global City

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"The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix," R&B and hip hop styles, as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in "upper-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture, and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies"-- The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix," R&B and hip hop styles, as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in "upper-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture, and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies"--

subjects: Asians, great britain,  London (england), social life and customs,  Popular music,  South Asians,  Music,  Social aspects,  Youth,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban,  Urban youth,  Musique populaire,  Aspect social,  Sud-Asiatiques,  Musique,  Jeunes en milieu urbain,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Emigration & Immigration,  Minority Studies,  Sociology,  Urban,  Instruction & Study,  Theory