Dangerous mediations : pop music in a Philippine prison video / Áine Mangaoang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangaoang, Áine, author.

Series:

New approaches to sound, music, and media

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music in prisons--Philippines.

Music in prisons.

Popular music--Moral and ethical aspects.

Popular music.

Music videos--Moral and ethical aspects.

Music videos.

Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

xiv, 238 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

In 2007, 1500 prisoners in Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre (CPDRC) became bona fide Internet celebrities following their YouTube interpretation of Michael Jackson's groundbreaking music video "Thriller." Emboldened by the public's overwhelmingly positive response to this unusual music video, CPDRC officials instigated a mandatory daily dance and pop music performance schedule, uploading new videos onto YouTube that received millions of views. Officials then introduced a monthly, live, public performance held within the prison yard, creating a unique tourism industry surrounding the prison walls, and in 2010 a national "prison dance rehabilitation" policy was introduced by the Filipino government.0Connecting scholarship on popular music with emerging literature on YouTube's audiovisuality, musicologist Aine Mangaoang combines first-hand experience of visiting the prison and textual analysis with a critical and holistic approach. As such, this is the first book to examine the disquieting trend of prisoners serving as musical performers and digital entertainers to a global audience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mangaoang, Áine, author. Dangerous mediations

ISBN:

9781501331534

1501331531

OCLC:

1090284075