Karaoke Around the World investigates karaoke in its social and cultural context and examines the local and global effects of the karaoke phenomenon. Using the theoretical framework of thinkers from Erving Goffman to Foucault, the contributors consider the technological, spatial, ethnic, political, musical and gender aspects of karaoke singing.
The book explores the influence of karaoke in such different societies as the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, Sweden, Brazil, Korea and Japan. The essays answer a number of questions about karaoke but also open up possible ways of theorising contemporary music practice in the future.

Full Contributors:
Johan Fornas, Shuhei Hosokawa, William H. Kelly, Casey Man Kong Lum, Toru Mitsui, Hiroshi Ogawa, Shinobu Oku, Akiko Otake, Paolo Prato