On cultural contact in popular music and the case of Iceland

This paper looks at the nature of contact and communication in art, popular music in particular. It explores popular music in Iceland as a specific example, looking at popular music's history and function in the Icelandic context.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kitchen, Adam S.
Other Authors: Bjarnadóttir, Birna (Icelandic), Buchan, Peter John (Icelandic) Arnason, David (English, Film, and Theatre)
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4344
Description
Summary:This paper looks at the nature of contact and communication in art, popular music in particular. It explores popular music in Iceland as a specific example, looking at popular music's history and function in the Icelandic context.