Contracts, Patronage and Mediation: The Articulation of Global and Local in the South African Recording Industry

by Tuulikki Pietilä

Overview

This book studies the long-term developments in the South African recording industry and adds to the existing literature an understanding of the prevalence of informal negotiations over rights, rewards and power in the recording industry. It argues that patronage features often infiltrate the contractual relationships in the industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137562319
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/15/2016
Series:	Pop Music, Culture and Identity
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Tuulikki Pietilä is Lecturer in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of the award-winning monograph Gossip, Markets, and Gender: How Dialogue Constructs Moral Value in Post-Socialist Kilimanjaro (2007). She has also published a number of articles on the world music industry and South African youth music.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The South African Recording Industry
2. Recent Industry Developments
3. A Segmented Music Market and Attempts to Capture it
4. The Wholesaling and Retailing of Music
5. Negotiating Value in the Music Chain
6. Organizing Relationships in the Recording Industry
7. Continuities in Patronage Arrangements
Conclusion