Epitomising the Modern Spanish Nation through Popular Music: Coplas from La Caramba to Concha Piquer, 1750–1990

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Shari’ah, Democracy, and the Modern Nation-State: Some Reflections on Islam, Popular Rule, and Pluralism

In this article, the author examines two considerations that are critical to a full and meaningful assessment of the degree to which Islam, and Islamic law in particular, can find authentic expressions of themselves under what may reasonably be considered a democratic form of government. The first of these has to do with the scope of Islamic law, or more properly, the scope of the interpretive ...

Sexuality and the Nation: Urban Popular Music and Queer Identities in Krámpack

Popular music access: The Sony music browser

The intentionally ambiguous expression “Popular Music Browser” reflects the two main goals of this project, which started in 1998, at Sony CSL laboratory. First, we are interested in human-centered issues related to browsing “Popular Music”. Popular here means that the music accessed to is widely distributed, and known to many listeners. Second, we consider “popular browsing” of music, i.e. mak...

Sounds of the Modern Nation: Music, Culture, and the Ideas in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (review)