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Office: SBH 337
Extension: 4145; Email: nbaxterm@brocku.ca
Education:
BA, University of Manchester
MSc, London School of Economics
PhD, Carleton
Research Interests:
Popular culture and identity
Class, nation and popular music
Local popular culture
Politics and popular culture
Teaching Areas:
Introduction to Popular Culture
Popular Music
Media Industries
Media Analysis
Research Methods
Selected Publications:
" 'This is where I belong' – Identity, Social Class, and the Nostalgic Englishness of Ray Davies and the Kinks," Popular Music and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, 145-165.
"Recording the War of 1812: Stan Rogers’ (Un)sung Heroes," College Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, 2005. www.collegequarterly.ca/2005-vol08-num01-winter/index.html
"Reelin’ & Rockin’: Genre-bending and boundary-crossing in Canada’s East Coast Sound," in J. Nicks & J. Sloniowski, eds., Slippery Pastimes: Reading the Popular in Canadian Culture, Waterloo, Ont: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2002, 217-242.
" 'Making A Noise In This World': New Sounds From Canada’s First Peoples," London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, 2000/2001, 22-47.
"Popular Music, Myth-Making and Identities: The Songs of Stan Rogers," British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1995, 306-329.
Studying Politics: An Introduction to Argument and Analysis (with Terrance G. Carroll & Roderick Church) Mississauga, Ontario: Copp Clark Longman, 1994.
Links:
Popular Culture Niagara/Niagara Sounds & Scenes