ABSTRACT

The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix," R&B and hip hop styles, as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in "super-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture, and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies.

chapter |19 pages

Introduction

chapter |12 pages

Don't Talk, Just Dance

Fieldwork in the Club and Elsewhere

chapter |25 pages

How ‘Desi' Is ‘Desi'?

The Making of London's ‘Desi’ Diasporic Identities

chapter |20 pages

‘Brown Boys Doing It Like This'?

The Neoliberal Politics of the Asian Scene

chapter |23 pages

Bombay Bronx

Space, Capital, and Cultural Production and the Asian Urban Scene

chapter |23 pages

“No Caps, No All-Male Groups!”

The Regulation of Asians in London Clubs

chapter |9 pages

Conclusion

The Threat of the ‘Other'