Brown University Theses and Dissertations

Brown University Library archives dissertations in accordance with the Brown Graduate School policy.

For dissertations published prior to 2008, please consult the following Dissertation LibGuide

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Description:: Organized opposition to immigration, globalization, and minority groups in Sweden exploded during the 1980s and 1990s, energized in large part by the spread of skinhead …
Year:: 2013
Contributor:: Teitelbaum, Benjamin R (creator); Perlman, Marc (Director); Titon, Jeff (Reader); Miller, Kiri (Reader); Tucker, Joshua (Reader); Bohlman, Philip (Reader); Brown University. Music: Ethnomusicology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: extremism; immigration; Nationalism; Music; Radicalism; Emigration and immigration; Racism; Sweden; Scandinavia
Collection:: Music; Ethnomusicology; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation is the first ethnographic study of mashups and the mashup community. I have tried to represent the music and its makers on their …
Year:: 2010
Contributor:: McGranahan, Liam R (creator); Miller, Kiri (Director); Marshall, Wayne (Reader); Perlman, Marc (Reader); Titon, Jeff (Reader); Brown University. Music: Ethnomusicology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Mashup; mash-up; remix; dispersed community; Mashups (Music); Copyright; Remixes (Music); Internet
Collection:: Music; Ethnomusicology; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation is a regionally centered study of black popular religion and music in the Dominican Republic. Salves and palos performance are described and interpreted …
Year:: 2012
Contributor:: Piper, Daniel Clifford (creator); Perlman, Marc (Director); Austerlitz, Paul (Reader); Miller, Kiri (Reader); Titon, Jeff (Reader); Brown University. Music: Ethnomusicology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Caribbean; gender; modernization; emergence; Music; Religion; Blacks; Sex; Urbanization; Caribbean Area; Dominican Republic
Collection:: Music; Ethnomusicology; Theses and Dissertations

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