Underground Music Cultures and Music-Making in Los Angeles: 'Imaginary Cities'

Sébastien Darchen; John Willsteed; Damien Charrieras

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9

Underground Music Cultures and Music-Making in Los Angeles: 'Imaginary Cities'

Sébastien Darchen (Editor), John Willsteed (Editor), Damien Charrieras (Editor)

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Abstract

This book focuses on the relationships between underground urban music cultures in Los Angeles and specific urban imaginaries related to music practices, far away and sometimes in stark opposition to the commodified image of the city crafted by urban planners and associated urban stakeholders. Rather than this commodified city, and the 'imaginary city' of the mind, it examines the accidental, tangential life of a mirage. The city that appears in the distance is one that is formed by songs and music-making. The book shows how counter urban imaginaries emerge and are performed through diverse underground music making practices, giving rise to alternative ways of seeing the city. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages	274
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031754999
ISBN (Print)	9783031754982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75499-9
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Name	Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

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Damien Charrieras would like to acknowledge the following: The contribution to this book by Damien Charrieras was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. CityU 11614519), and from CityU of Hong Kong (TDG No.6000783).

Research Keywords

music subcultures
music history
urban imaginaries
music urbanism
urban media studies

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CHARRIERAS, D. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/22 → 30/06/23
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CHARRIERAS, D. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), ANDERSEN, C. U. (Co-Investigator) & POLD, S. (Co-Investigator)
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Underground Music Cultures and Music-Making in Los Angeles: 'Imaginary Cities'. / Darchen, Sébastien (Editor); Willsteed, John (Editor); Charrieras, Damien (Editor).
Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 274 p. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music).

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