BIBLIOGRAPHY A list of books and publications about or relating to music censorship Last update 28 April 2009 |
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Please note that only a couple of the books listed below are about 'music censorship' as such. In most cases, music censorship and its effects is not the only issue of the publications. |
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Averill, Gage A Day for the Hunter. A Day for the Prey. The Univ. Of Chicago Press, 1997, ISBN 0-226-03292-2 (pbk) |
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Baily, John "Can you stop the birds singing?" The censorship of music in Afghanistan. Freemuse, Copenhagen 2001, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Bennett, Tony; Turner, Graeme; Shepherd, John; Al, Et (ed) Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies, Institutions Routledge, 1993, ISBN: 0415063698 |
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Blecha, Peter Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands & Censored Songs Backbeat Books, 2004, ISBN: 0879307927 Order on-line, click |
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Breen, Marcus Rock Dogs : Politics and the Australian Music Industry Pluto Press, 2001, ISBN 1864030844 |
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Bremberger, Bernard Musikzensur, Eine Annäherung an die grenzen des eralubten in der Musik. Verlag Schmengler, Berlin,1990, ISBN 3-9801643-2-2 |
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Brown, Steven & Volgsten, Ulrik Music and Manipulation On the Social Uses and Social Control of Music Berghahn Books, 2006, ISBN 1-84545-098-1 |
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Cartwright, Garth "A Little Bit Special" - Censorship and the Gypsy Musicians of Romania. Freemuse, Copenhagen, October 2001, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Chapple, Steve & Garofalo, Rebee Rock´n Roll is Here to Pay. Nelson-Hall. Chicago, 1977, ISBN 0-88229-437-7 (pbk) |
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Cloonan, Martin Banned! Censorship of Popular Music in Britain: 1967-92. Arena, Ashgate Publ. ltd. 1996, ISBN 1 85742 300 3 (pbk) |
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Cloonan, Martin and Garofalo, Rebee (ed) Policing POP Temple Univ Press 2003, ISBN 1-56639-989-0
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Cloonan, Martin and Street, John Politics and Popular Music - From Policing to Packaging Parliamentary Affairs 50:2, pp 223 - 234, 1997 |
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Cloonan, Martin Popular Music and Censorship in Britain: An overwiew. Popular Music and Society, 19:3, pp 75-104. 1995 |
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Coplan, David B In Township Tonight! South Africas Black City Music and Theatre. Longman, London, 1985, ISBN 0-582-64401-3 (pbk) |
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Danielou, Alain The Situation of Music and Musicians in Countries of the Orient. Leo S. Olschki, Florence 1971, IMC |
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Davidson, Sandra & Winfield, Betty Houchin (ed) Bleep!: Censoring Rock and Rap Music. Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture, No 68, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, ISBN: 0313307059 |
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Eyre, Banning Playing with Fire: Fear and Self-Censorship in Zimbabwean Music. Freemuse, Copenhagen, October 2001, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Frith, S Sound Effects. Constable, 1983 |
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Gaar, Gillian G She´s A Rebel. the History of Women in Rock & Roll. Seal Press, Seattle, Washington,1992, ISBN 1-878067-08-7 |
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Garofalo, Rebee How autonomous is relative? Popular Music, 6:1, pp.77-92. Edward Arnold, London, 1992 |
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Grandin, Ingemar Music and media in local life. Music practice in a Newar neighbourhood in Nepal. Linköping University, Sweden, 1989, ISBN 91-7870-480-4 |
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The new GROVE Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 19, edited by Stanley Sadie London. |
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Hakobian, Levon and Kantat HB Music in the Soviet age 1917-1987. Melos Music Literature, Sweden, 1998, ISBN 91 972133 4 9 |
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Dietrich Helms, Thomas Phleps (Hg.) 9/11 – The world's all out of tune Populäre Musik nach dem 11. September 2001 Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung 32, hg. von Dietrich Helms und Thomas Phleps Oktober 2004, 212 S., kart., 19,80 € ISBN: 3-89942-256-2 |
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Heylin, Clinton, (ed) The penguin Book of Rock & Roll Writing. Penguin Books 1992, ISBN 0 14 01.6836 2 |
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Hill, Trent The Enemy within: Censorship of rock music in the 1950s. in Anthony DeCurtis (ed.): Present Tense, pp. 39 - 72. Duke University Press, 1992 |
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Horner, B and Swiss, T Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture Blackwell Publishers,1999, ISBN: 0631212639 |
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Kagie, Rudie De Verboden Saxofoon. Over Muziek & Censuur De Prom, Amsterdam 2000, ISBN 90 6801 653 9 |
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Kitwana, Bakari The rap on gangsta rap. Thirld World Press, Chicago. 1994, ISBN 0-88378-175-1 |
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Klein, Naomi No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies. Picador, USA, 2000, ISBN 0312271921 |
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Korpe, Marie (ed.) 1st World Conference on Music & Censorship. Speeches from the conference Freemuse, Copenhagen, 2001, ISBN 87-988163-0-6 Online version available, click |
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Korpe, Marie (ed.) "MUSIC WILL NOT BE SILENCED" 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music & Censorship Istanbul 25-26 November 2006. Speeches from the conference. Includes CD-ROM with video interviews and music. Freemuse, Copenhagen, 2007, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Korpe, Marie (ed.) Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today Zed Books, London, 2004, HbISBN 1 84277 504 9 PbISBN 1 84277 505 7 Order online |
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LeVine, Mark Heavy Metal Islam – Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam Three Rivers Press. 8 July 2008. 304 pages. Language: English Read more |
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Lippman, Edward A Musical Thought in Ancient Greece. Columbia Univ. press 1964. ISBN 64.22482 |
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Manuel, Peter Popular Musics of the Non-Western World. Oxford Univ. Press, N.Y. 1988, ISBN 0-19-515342-7 |
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Matoub, Lounes Rebelle. Editions Stock. France, 1995. ISBN ? 54-4440.1 |
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Negus, Keith Popular Music in Theory Wesleyan Univ Pr; 1997. ISBN: 0819563102 |
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Norris, Christopher (ed) Music and the Politics of Culture. Lawrence & Wishart, London 1989. ISBN 0 85315 700 6 |
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Nuzum, Eric D. ’Singing in the Echo Chamber’ Music censorship in the U.S. after September 11 Freemuse, Copenhagen, 2005, ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Nuzum, Eric D. Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America. Quill, 2001, ISBN 0688167721 |
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Oakley, Giles The Devil´s Music, A History of the Blues. BBC, 1976, ISBN 0 563 16012 8 |
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Orman, John The Politics of Rock Music. Nelson-Hall, Chicago 1984, ISBN 0-8304-1025-2 |
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Owen, Ursula (ed) The Book of Banned Music. Special issue of INDEX on CENSORSHIP, 6/1998: Writers and Scholars International Ltd., London 1998, ISSN 0306-4220 |
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Perris, Arnold Music as Propaganda, Art to persuade, Art to Control. Greeenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1985, ISBN 0-313-24505-3 |
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Pieper, Werner (ed) 1000 Jahre Musik & Zensur in den diversen Deutchlands. Der Grüne Zweig 206, Löhrbach 2001, ISBN 3-922708-09-9 Read more |
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Pieper, Werner (ed) Verfemt - Verbannt - Verboten Musik und Zensur. Weltweit. (German version of Index on Censorship 6th 1998) Der Grüne Zweig 206, Löhrbach 1999, ISBN 3-922708-00-5 |
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Peterson, R.A Market and moralist censors of a black art form: jazz. In S.Denisoff and R.Peterson (eds.): The Sounds of Social Change, pp.236-247. McNally, Chicago,1972 |
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Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt Suifi music of India and Pakistan. Cambridge University press 1986, ISBN 0 521 26767 6 |
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Reese, Gustave Music in the Middel Ages. W.W.Norton & Company, New York 1940 |
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Schade Poulsen, Marc The Social Significance of Raî. Men and Popular Music in Algeria. University of Texas press, Austin, Texas, 1999, ISBN 0-292-77740-x (pbk) |
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Schwarz, Boris Music and Musical Life in Soviet Russia 1917-1970. Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1972, ISBN 0.214.65264.5 |
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Seim, Roland; Spiegel, Josef (ed.) Nur für Erwachsene – Rock- und Popmusik: zensiert, diskutiert, unterschlagen Münster 2004, 246 pages, coloured book covers, circa 250 colour pictures, format 24x19cm ISBN 3-933060-16-8 Read more |
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Servant, Jean-Christophe « Which way Nigeria ? » Charia, argent, morale et autocensure : menaces sur la musique. Français Freemuse, Copenhagen, April 2003 ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Servant, Jean-Christophe "Which way Nigeria?" Music under Threat: A Question of Money, Morallity, Self-censcorship and the Sharia. English Freemuse, Copenhagen, April 2003 ISSN 1601-2127 Online version available, click |
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Siegmund, Heidi The Ice Opinion. ICE T as told to H- Siegmund. St. Martin´s Press, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-312-10486-3 |
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Street, J Rebel Rock. Blackwell, Oxford, 1986 |
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Tsenova, Valeria, editor Underground Music from the Former USSR. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997, ISBN3-7186-5821-6 (pbk) |
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Valkov, Solomon Vidnesbyrd, Dmitrij Sjostakovitj´s Erindringer. Forlaget Komma, ISBN 87-7512-065-8 (hft) 1980 Original: Testimony, The memoirs of D. Shostakovich Harper & Row Publishers, 1979 |
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Waterman, Christopher Alan JUJU. A Social history and Ethnography of an African Popular Music. The Univ. Of Chicago press, 1990 ISBN 0-226-87465-6 (pbk) |
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Wellesz, Egon Ancient and oriental Music. Oxford University Press. New York 1957. ISBN 0-19-316301-2 |
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Winfield, Betty Houchum and Davidson, Sandra (ed) Bleep! Censoring Rock and Rap Music Greenwood Press, Westport, 1999, ISBN 0-313-30705-9 |
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Wilson, Elizabeth Shostakovich, A Life Remembered. Faber and Faber Ltd, 1994 ISBN 0-571-15393-3 |
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If you find that we have missed anything, please let us know! We update this bibliography on a regular basis. |
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| Books |
| A list of books and publications about or relating to music censorship. Recommended reading... |
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| Mark LeVine: 'Heavy Metal Islam' |
| American author and historian Mark LeVine has published a book about the special role of Heavy Metal music in the Middle East and its relationship with Islam: 'Heavy Metal Islam' |
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| Myanmar/Burma: Music under siege |
| Music provides a rallying point for the masses during political upheavals in Burma. An excerpt from the book 'Shoot the Singer': Chapter 6 |
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| WOMEX 2004 |
| This year Freemuse presented two conference sessions: "Meet the banned! Music censorship in Turkey" featured Turkish musician Ferhat Tunç, while "9/11 – The world's all out of tune" presented a new book on freedom of musical expression after 9/11 |
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| Shoot the Singer! Book |
| "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. |
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