Title: Making Diaspora in a Global City
Description: "The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix," R&B and hip hop styles, as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in "upper-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture, and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies"--

The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix," R&B and hip hop styles, as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in "upper-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture, and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies"--
Subjects: Asians, great britain, London (england), social life and customs, Popular music, South Asians, Music, Social aspects, Youth, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban youth, Musique populaire, Aspect social, Sud-Asiatiques, Musique, Jeunes en milieu urbain, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Emigration & Immigration, Minority Studies, Sociology, Urban, Instruction & Study, Theory