Steven James Salm
Region of Interest | Africa |
Primary Country of Residence | United States of America |
Title | Class of '58 Endowed Professor |
Affiliation | Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana |
Mailing Address | Department of History
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Phone/Fax Number(s) | phone: 504.520.5272
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Countries of Specialization | Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa |
Education | B.A. Univ. of Wisconsin Madison
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Research Interests | Urban history, youth culture, popular culture, Atlantic World, Globalization. |
Publications | Globalization and the African Experience (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2012) African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspectives, Rochester: University of
African Urban Cultures, Durham: Carolina Academic Press (forthcoming, fall
Globalization and Urbanization in Africa, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Nigerian Cities, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (2004), pp. xii, 396. "'Down on River Road': Popular Music, Identity, and the Lumpen Youth of
Culture and Customs of Ghana, Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing (2002)
“Africanizing the West: Changing Expressions of Popular Culture among Urban Youth,” in Globalization and the African Experience, Emmanuel M. Mbah and Steven J. Salm (eds.) (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2012), 213-235. “Globalization and West African Music,” History Compass. 8/12 (2010), 1328-1339. “‘Down on River Road’: Popular Music, Identity, and the Lumpen Youth of Nairobi,” in Urbanization and African Cultures, in Toyin Falola and Steven J. Salm (eds.) (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2005), 167-184. "'Rain or Shine We Gonna Rock': Dance Subcultures and Identity Construction
"Popular/Urban Culture," in African History and Culture, Vol. 5: Since
"Cities and Urban Life," in African History and Culture, Vol. 4,
"Culture and Society," in African History and Culture, Vol. 3, 1880-1939,
"The Circumference of Two Worlds: History and Identity in the West Indian
"African Literatures," in Africa, Vol. 2: African Societies and Cultures
"African Music," in Africa, Vol. 2: African Societies and Cultures Before
"Islam," in Africa, Vol. 2: African Societies and Cultures Before 1885,
"Swahili Women Since the Nineteenth Century: Theoretical and Empirical
"Music in Postcolonial Africa," in Encyclopedia of African History, Kevin
"Alcohol: Popular Culture and Colonial Control," in Encyclopedia of African
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Keywords | urbanization ; African culture ; popular culture ; African music ; youth culture ; globalization ; . |