[FA Worldmusic] categorically labelled

[Paul Harding]

> The problem is that the term "world music" really means
> nothing...  But what are the essential
> characteristics of  "world music"?

Exactly.  The two words together form no literal meaning,
but we know what someone means (basically) when they use
the term.

We also know that this broad grouping of music comes from
a certain perspective of other-ness that doesn't really
make much sense, but is pretty dominant.  So the term
serves its limited purpose and is slightly less oxymoronic
than many terms we use.

-Paul