Living Politics, Making Music: The Writings Of Jan Fairley (Ashgate Popular And Folk Music Series)

The late Jan Fairley was a key figure in making world music a significant topic for popular music studies and this book celebrates her contribution to popular music scholarship by gathering her most important work together in a single place. The result is a richly informed and entertaining volume that will be of interest to all scholars in the field while also serving as an excellent introduction for students interested in popular music as a global phenomenon. This is inspiring as well as essential reading.

• • Author: Professor Ian Christie, Professor Simon Frith, Mr Stan Rijven
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: May 13, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 218 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472412664
• • ISBN-13: 9781472412669