John Vilanova
Biographic Data
| ID | 6696327 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Vilanova |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Vilanova |
| SIGNATURE | VILANOVA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehigh University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9155-2681 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The music business case for diversity
This research analyzes the impact of multiculturalism discourse on the popular music industry in the 1990s. It argues that the movement of Black and Latinx artists into the center of pop music was the realization of what was, in effect, a music business case for diversity. In a neoliberalized quest for market expansion, multiculturalism and crossover became the tools to acquire new listeners and articulate a new vision of popular music. After his…
Roots Routes
This article excavates the historical, cultural, and music industrial significance of the buying and selling of Jamaican vinyl records in Japan. It reveals an unexpected connection between alternative distribution flows and the persistence of material music in the digital era. The Japanese market for Jamaican records exposes an under-theorized distribution relationship between two island nations on opposite sides of the globe. The durability of t…
Spectacular whiteness
This article critically examines the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings in Portland, Oregon, focusing on the strategic and rhetorical deployment of whiteness in support of Black lives in the protest space. It observes that whiteness, as mediated through various news and journalistic texts, assumes a privileged position in this moment as spectacular, exploring the consequences of leveraging whites’ exceptional status in support of Black lives. The …
Noise-Making, Occupy Wall Street, and the Politics of Amplification
This research explores a set of sound technologies deployed during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. It examines the People’s Microphone, the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) sound cannon, the drum circle, and the noise complaint. Deepening understandings of their places within the contemporary urban soundscape and their use during the protests, it uses historical research, textual analysis, and qualitative d…
Spectacular whiteness
This article critically examines the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings in Portland, Oregon, focusing on the strategic and rhetorical deployment of whiteness in support of Black lives in the protest space. It observes that whiteness, as mediated through various news and journalistic texts, assumes a privileged position in this moment as spectacular, exploring the consequences of leveraging whites’ exceptional status in support of Black lives. The …
Noise-Making, Occupy Wall Street, and the Politics of Amplification
This research explores a set of sound technologies deployed during the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. It examines the People’s Microphone, the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) sound cannon, the drum circle, and the noise complaint. Deepening understandings of their places within the contemporary urban soundscape and their use during the protests, it uses historical research, textual analysis, and qualitative d…
Roots Routes
This article excavates the historical, cultural, and music industrial significance of the buying and selling of Jamaican vinyl records in Japan. It reveals an unexpected connection between alternative distribution flows and the persistence of material music in the digital era. The Japanese market for Jamaican records exposes an under-theorized distribution relationship between two island nations on opposite sides of the globe. The durability of t…
Spectacular whiteness
This article critically examines the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings in Portland, Oregon, focusing on the strategic and rhetorical deployment of whiteness in support of Black lives in the protest space. It observes that whiteness, as mediated through various news and journalistic texts, assumes a privileged position in this moment as spectacular, exploring the consequences of leveraging whites’ exceptional status in support of Black lives. The …
The music business case for diversity
This research analyzes the impact of multiculturalism discourse on the popular music industry in the 1990s. It argues that the movement of Black and Latinx artists into the center of pop music was the realization of what was, in effect, a music business case for diversity. In a neoliberalized quest for market expansion, multiculturalism and crossover became the tools to acquire new listeners and articulate a new vision of popular music. After his…
Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (2 works) · Music education (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works) · Music industry (2 works) · Politics (2 works)