Music and moral geographies: Constructions of "nation" and identity in Singapore

GeoJournal

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 103-111

  Kong, Lily ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Moral panics; Nation building; Pop music; Rock music; Singapore; Western music

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

MORAL PANICS; NATION-BUILDING; POP MUSIC; ROCK MUSIC; SINGAPORE; WESTERN MUSIC;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BOUNDARY; ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; MORALITY; MUSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33748616025     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-006-0013-1     Document Type: Article

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