Sounds English : transnational popular music
"Popular music culture serves as an arena for debates on English and British national identity in this lively discussion of English popular music of the 1980s and 1990s. Against the background of his own upbringing as a Pakistani Brit, Nabeel Zuberi deftly combines a detailed account of the development of this music with a sophisticated assessment of its relation to the politics of cultural identity in Britain."
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
9780252026201, 0252026209
44174084
Introduction: English Semidetached
1. The Last Truly British People You Will Ever Know: The Smiths, Morrissey, and Britpop
2. U.K. Public Limited Company: England's Consuming with the Pet Shop Boys
3. E Is for England: Civilization and Its Discotheques
4. Black Whole Styles: Sounds, Technology, and Diaspora Aesthetics
5. Asia Massive: Home Abroad with Brit-Asian Tracks
Conclusion: England Inglan Inglistan