1 Introduction: Guitars, Cultures, People and Places, 2 The Guitar in the Blues Music of the Deep South, 3 Unplugged: Blues Guitarists and the Myth of Acousticity, 4 ‘Plug in and Play!’: UK ‘Indie-Guitar’ Culture, 5 Handmade in Spain: The Culture of Guitar Making, 6 The Guitar as Artifact and Icon: Identity Formation in the Babyboom Generation, 7 Into the Arena: Edward Van Halen and the Cultural Contradictions of the Guitar Hero, 8 The Guitar Cultures of Papua New Guinea: Regional, Social and Stylistic Diversity, 9 Hybridity and Segregation in the Guitar Cultures of Brazil
Biography
Andy Bennett Lecturer in Sociology,University of Surrey Kevin Dawe Lecturer, School of Music, University of Leeds
