ABSTRACT
The children's modern identities were formed through strong identification with, primarily, their musical preferences, their musical commodities, and in close connection with imitation of and modelling activities in relation to their favourite singers' performances. The 'modern children' subordinated their own local musical practices to global ones, thereby perpetuating the social inequalities of contemporary Greek Cypriot adult society. The modern Greek Cypriot children negotiated and constructed an outward-looking sense of place, which was foundational in forming their imagined modern musical communities. Kokkinochoria musical enculturation encompasses a variety of other influential musical practices that give rise to other cultural contexts and processes, and that might ground the children's cultural position deeply, both individually and collectively. The modern Cypriot children competes both modern communities with other forms of musical identities. The power of modern popular music to structure and maintain common peer listening habits was manipulated by the children to reconstruct and articulate their modern musical identities according to their needs and decision.
