Philip Hayward is Professor in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, Australia.

An anthology of essays on the new syncretic, or 'fusion', styles of music of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific region, who have adopted forms of popular music as an expression of their cultural identity. Its strength lies in the layering up of a sense of community of inquiry, and the fostering of an intertextual head of steam, grounded in a set of empirical, rather than theoretical, concerns. It considers the interrelation between music, popular culture, politics and (national) identity, but also looks at the business aspect of producing and distributing music in the Pacific region.

Introduction: Beyond the Axis Philip Hayward
Part I - Music, Identity and Cultural Politics
1. Tjungaringanyi: Aboriginal Rock (1971-91) John Castles
2. He Waiata Na Aotearoa: Maori and Pacific Islander Music in Aotearoa/New Zealand Tony Mitchell
3. Indigenization and Socio-political Identity in the Kaneka Music of New Caledonia David Goldsworthy
4. Koori Music in Melbourne: Culture, Politics and Certainty Robin Ryan
5. Jawaiian Music and Local Cultural Identity in Hawai'i Andrew N. Weintraub
6. Hula Hits, Local Music and Local Charts: Some Dynamics of Popular Hawaiian Music Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman
Part II - Music, Commerce and the Media Industries
7. Developments in Papua New Guinea's Popular Music Industry Malcolm Philpott
8. Questions of Music Copyright in Papua New Guinea Don Niles
9. Te Wa Whakapaoho I te Reo Irirangi: Some Directions in Maori Radio Helen Wilson
10. A New Tradition: Titus Tilly and the Development of Music Video in Papua New Guinea Philip Hayward
11. The Proud Project and the 'Otara Sound': Maori and Polynesian Pop in the Mid 1990s Tony Mitchell
Part III - Access to the Mainstream: The Case of Yothu Yindi
12. Yothu Yindi: Context and Significance Philip Hayward and Karl Neuenfeldt
13. Culture, Custom and Collaboration: The Production of Yothu Yindi's 'Treaty' Videos Lisa Nicol
14. Safe, Exotic and Somewhere Else: Yothu Yindi, 'Treaty' and the Mediation of Aboriginality Philip Hayward
15. Yothu Yindi: Agendas and Aspirations Karl Neuenfeldt
Bibliography
Index