Popular Music and Globalization

Music participates in the reinforcing of boundaries of culture and

identity. Popular music explains the complex dynamics of globalization not
only because it is popular but music is highly mediated, is deeply invested
in meaning and has proven to be an extremely mobile and resourceful
capital . (155)

World music is defined as the umbrella category which various types of

traditional and non- Western music are produced for Western consumption
). It is a label of industrial origin that westernrefers to an amalgamated
(156

global marketplace of sounds as ethnic commodities .(157)

Globalization is not something that happen to music or has a certain impact

on it. Changes in musical culture constitute one of the aspects of
globalization, and they concern institutions, system of value, and social
groups involved in musical life ). The change in popular music is not the
(158

outcome of globalization but rather popular music industry is a part of

globalization phenomena . (159)

The Globalization of Religion

Globalization implicates religions in several ways. It calls forth

religious response and interpretation. Religions played important roles in
bringing about and characterizing globalization. Among the consequences
of this implication for religion is that globalization encourages religious
pluralism. Religions identify themselves in relation to one another, and they
become less rooted in particular places because of diasporas and
transnational ties. Globalization further provides fertile ground for a variety
of noninstitutionalized religious manifestations and for the development of
religion as a political and cultural resource .
(160)