The aftermath of a crisis

Quebec music industries in the 1980s

Bibliographic Data

ID4830710
AuthorsLine Grenier (0000-0002-4683-2211, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume12
Issue3
Pages209-227
Publication date1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopular Music (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0261143000005687
OpenAlexW2119842687
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited9

Increased market concentration of multinational record companies, greater integration of major labels with international multi-media and entertainment conglomerates, as well as long economic recession were among the most striking developments of the 1980s to impact upon music-related industries. In the French-speaking province of Quebec (Canada), these developments, combined with local socio-political turmoil, left popular music in the throes of crisis and further jeopardised an indigenous music industry still in the making. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which a local industry, by coming to terms with the aforementioned international developments, overcame what could well have spelled its doom

Art · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Entertainment · Financial crisis · Indigenous · Keynesian economics · Multinational corporation · Music industry · Political science · Politics · Popular music · Recession · Visual arts · Canadian Identity and History · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law

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