Download or read book Sounds and the City written by B. Lashua and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which Western-derived music connects with globalization, hybridity, consumerism and the flow of cultures. Both as local terrain and as global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the composing, playing, recording and consumption of popular music.