Iranian Classical Music, Orientalism and Techniques of Contemporary Composition 1. Introduction Musicians and artists located in contemporary Western societies have a long history of creative cosmopolitanism: from Henri Matisse’s […]
This article considers the emerging genre of ‘underground rock’ music in Iran; so-called because its proponents rehearse and perform in underground or other soundproof spaces to avoid detection by the […]
This article considers some of the methodological considerations relevant to the use of ethnography in my study of Nonclassical. Here I draw links between ethnography and the remix: considering some […]
Click here for a copy of Imagining Anorexia This article focuses on ‘pro-ana’ websites, i.e., on-line communities which promote anorexia as a desirable lifestyle. Analysing both the language and visual […]