Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today

From gangsta rap to narcocorrigos and beyond, this is the first survey of contemporary cases of music censorship around the world. With an accompanying CD of banned music, the book also includes a discussion of the causes, methods and logic behind contemporary attempts by governments, commercial corporations, and religious authorities to prevent people from hearing certain kinds of music and, in particular, the content of particular songs. Cases from a wide range of countries are profiled, including Israel, Turkey, North Korea, Mauritania, Mexico, France, South Africa, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Cuba, the United States, and others. This volume also explores the logic behind such censorship--including two instances where censors explain, in their own words, what they were doing--and the implications of a digital world for music censorship in the future.Korpe, Marie is the author of 'Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today', published 2004 under ISBN 9781842775059 and ISBN 1842775057.