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Updated: February 2008
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Tel: 972-9-778-1721
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E-mail: mottire@openu.ac.il |
| Born: 1954, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Ph.D.: 1990, Sociology, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
Areas of interest
- Sociology of Culture and the Arts
- Globalization of Culture
- Popular Music Studies
- Israeli Culture
Other professional activities
| 1997-1999 |
General Secretary, The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). http://www.iaspm.net |
Publications
Dissertations
| Ph.D |
"The Coming of Rock: Meaning, Contest and Structure in the Field of Popular
Music in Israel",
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv
University. |
| Master |
"Compartmentalized Hedonism: Ideology of Masculinity in Magazine
Advertisements," Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University. |
Books
Popular Music and National Culture in Israel, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004, (Edwin Seroussi, co-author) |
| Rock: Music and Culture. Tel-Aviv: Dvir, 1995. (in Hebrew) |
| Üd and Guitar: The Musical Culture of the Arabs in Israel. Beit Berl: The Institute for Israeli Arab Studies, 1993. (in Hebrew) |
Articles
| 2007a |
"Cultural Uniqueness and Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism," European Journal of Social Theory 10: 123-138 |
| 2007b |
"Popular Culture," in New Jewish Time: Jewish Culture in a Secular Age, edited by Yirmiyahu Yovel and David Shaham. Tel Aviv: Keter, Volume 3 (Dan Miron and Hanan Hever, eds.), pp. 281-283 (in Hebrew) |
| 2007c |
"Ethno-National Pop-Rock Music: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism Made From Within," Cultural Sociology 1: 317-341 |
| 2006a |
"Cultural Capital," in In/Equality, edited by Uri Ram and Nitza Berkovitch. Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion University Press, pp. 133-139 (in Hebrew) |
| 2006b |
"Introduction," to the special issue on "canonization and cultural capital," of Popular Music 25(1): 1-2 |
| 2006c |
Guest Editor, special issue of Popular Music 25(1) on "canonization and cultural capital" |
| 2006d |
"Electricity, Amplification, Voice and Recording: 'Israeli Song' and the Rock Aesthetic." Jerusalem Studies in Hebrew Literature XX: 87-93 (in Hebrew). |
| 2006e |
"Rock Aesthetics and Musics of the World." [Abridged version of 1997b], in The Rock History Reader, edted by Theodor Cateforis. London: Routledge. Pp.303-308 |
| 2005 |
"Israel," "Tel Aviv" and "Jerusalem" in EPMOW, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (vol. VI: Africa and the Middle East), edited by John Shepherd, David Horn and Dave Laing. London: Continuum |
| 2004a |
"Rock Aesthetics, Israeliness and Globalization," in Israelis in Conflict: Hegemonies, Identities, and Challenges, edited by: Adriana Kemp, Uri Ram, David Newman, and Oren Yiftachel. Sussex University Press, pp.188-200 |
| 2004b |
"Rock Aesthetics and Musics of the World," [Reprint of 1997b] in Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, edited by Simon Frith. Volume 2: The Rock Era, pp.125-142. London: Routledge. |
| 2003a |
"Introduction to Israeli Culture," in Trends in Israeli Society, edited by Ephraim Ya'ar and Zeev Shavit. Tel-Aviv: Open University Press, pp.823-898 (in Hebrew) |
| 2003b |
"Cultural Uniqueness and Connectivity in Late Modernity: The Case of Popular Music," Teoria ve-Bikoret 23: 115-140 (in Hebrew) |
| 2003c |
"Keisar studios" and "Triton studios" in EPMOW, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (vol. I: Media, Industry and Society), edited by John Shepherd, David Horn and Dave Laing. London: Continuum |
| 2003d |
"'Rockization': Diversity within Similarity in World Popular Music," in Global America? The Cultural Consequences of Globalization, edited by Ulrich Beck, Natan Sznaider and Rainer Winter. University of Liverpool Press, pp. 222-234 |
| 2002a |
"The 'Pop-Rockization' of Popular Music," in Studies in Popular Music, edited by Dave Hesmondhalgh and Keith Negus. London: Arnold; New York: Oxford University Press, pp.251-264 |
| 2002b |
"'Alles Rock': Vielfalt und Ähnlichkeit im Bereich der globalen Popmusik," in Globales Amerika? Die Kulturellen Folgen der Globalisierung, edited by Ulrich Beck, Natan Sznaider and Rainer Winter. Transcript. pp.284-299. [German translation of 2003d] |
| 2001 |
"Einstein, Arik," "Kaveret," "Poliker, Yehuda," in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan |
| 2000a |
"To Have a Culture of our own: On Israeliness and its Variants." Ethnic and Racial Studies 23: 223-247 |
| 2000b |
“Popular Music in Israel: A General Review,” in Pluralism in Israeli Society, edited by Yaakov Kopp. Jerusalem: The Centre for the Study of Social Policy in Israel. pp. 199-212 (in Hebrew) |
| 1999a |
"Popular Music: Scenes, Identities and Cultural Capital," in Musical Visions, edited by Gerry Bloustein. Kent Town (South Australia): Wakefield Press. pp.115-119 |
| 1999b |
"’The Orange Season is Over’: Israeli Rock in the 1970’s," in Fifty to Forty Eight: Critical Moments in the History of the State of Israel, edited by Adi Ophir. Jerusalem: The Van Leer Institute. pp.251-259 (in Hebrew) |
| 1997a |
"Who does what with Music Videos in Israel." Poetics 25:225-240 |
| 1997b |
"Rock Aesthetics and Musics of the World." Theory, Culture and Society 14:125-142. |
| 1997c |
"Organizational Fluency, Organizational Blocks, Cultural Relevance: The Case of the Music Industry in Israel." Teoria ve-Bikoret 10:115-132 (in Hebrew) |
| 1996 |
"Musica Mizrakhit, Israeli Rock and National Culture in Israel." Popular Music 15:275-284 |
| 1995 |
"Present Absentee: Arab Music in Israeli Culture." Public Culture 7:433-445 |
| 1994 |
"Producing Artistic Value: The Case of Rock Music." The Sociological Quarterly 35:85-102 |
| 1992a |
"Popular Music Studies: The Issue of Musical Value." Tracking (Journal of Popular Music Studies) 4:22-27 |
| 1992b |
"Israeli Rock or, A Study in the Politics of 'Local Authenticity'." Popular Music 11:1-14 |
| 1989a |
"The Field of Popular Music in Israel," in World Music, Politics & Social Change, edited by Simon Frith. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 143-155 |
| 1989b |
"L'ambiente come luogo di contesta tra I diversi generi musicali: 'Musica orientale' e musica leggera israeliana a confronto" in Fabbri, F. (ed.), Musiche/realta, Milano: edizioni unicopli. pp.427-442 [Italian translation of 1986] |
| 1986 |
"The Musical Soundscape as a Contest Area:'Oriental Music' and Israeli Popular Music." Media, Culture & Society 8:343-356 |
Book Reviews
| Review of Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture, edited by Rebecca Stein and Ted Swedenburg. Durham: Duke University Press, 2005. In the International Journal of Cultural Studies 9: 253-255, 2006 |
| Review of Rockin' Las Américas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latino America. Edited by Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Eric Zolov. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004. In Popular Music 25: 131-132, 2006 |
| Review of Popular Music in Contemporary France: Authenticity, Politics, Debate, by David Looseley. Oxford: Berg, 2003. In Popular Music 23: 382-384, 2004 |
| Review of The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society, and the Military, by Baruch Kimmerling. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. In Contemporary Sociology 32: 365-267, May 2003 |
| Review of Between Reggae and Rap: The Integration Challenge of Ethiopian Youth in Israel, By Malka Shabtay. Tel-Aviv: Cherikover, 2001. In Megamot 42: 150-152, 2002 (in Hebrew) |
Review of Performing Rites: Evaluating Popular Music, by Simon Frith, Harvard University Press, 1996. In Popular Music 21: 135-138, 2002 |
| Review of Reading Rock and Roll: Authenticity, Appropriation, Aesthetics, edited by Kevin J.H. Dettmar and William Richey, Columbia University Press. In Notes, December 2000, pp. 420-422 |
| Review of Global Pop: World Music, World Markets, by Tymothy Taylor, Routledge 1997. In Popular Music 19: 259-260, 2000 |
| Review of Topics in Sociology of Art, by Moshe Zuckermann, Ministry of Defense Publishing Unit, 1996. In Israeli Sociology 1: 182-184, 1999. (in Hebrew) |
| Review of Whose Master’s Voice: The Development of Popular Music in Thirteen Cultures, edited by Alison J. Ewbank and Fouli T. Papageorgiou, Greenwood Press 1997. In Popular Music 17: 351-352, 1998 |
| Review of Pungent Sounds: Constructing Identity with Popular Music in Austria by Edward Larkey, Peter Lang Publishing 1993. In Popular Music 14:275-276, 1995 |
Review of Music at the Margins: Popular Music and Global Diversity, by Deanna Campbell-Robinson, Elizabeth B.Buck and Marlene Cuthbert, Sage 1991. In Popular
Music 12:85-87, 1993 |
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