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MUSIC, SPACE, IDENTITY: GEOGRAPHIES OF YOUTH CULTURE IN BANGALORE

2002; Routledge; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09502380210128289

1466-4348

Arun Saldanha,

Asian Culture and Media Studies

Abstract This article begins from a perceived lack of empirical evidence in cultural studies, namely the ethnography of cultural globalization in 'global cities' other than those of the West. Youth culture among the upper strata of the South-Indian metropolis Bangalore is taken as an instance of how modernity is experienced and produced in the post-colonial Third World. The focus lies on the reception of Western pop music, but music is treated broadly as a practice situated in, and producing, real and imagined space. Two examples of these musical practices serve to elaborate on Indian power relations, Indian modernity and the critical geography of music. Keywords: GlobalizationYouth CultureMusicUrban GeographyCultural IdentityIndia