Understanding Popular Music - Roy Shuker

Understanding Popular Music

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Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2001 | 2nd New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-23509-9 (ISBN)
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Focussing on the variety of genres that make up pop music, Roy Shuker explores key subjects which shape our experience of music such as, music production, the music industry, music policy, fans, audiences and subcultures.
Understanding Popular Music is a comprehensive introduction to the history and meaning of popular music. It begins with a critical assessment of the different ways in which popular music has been studied and the difficulties and debates which surround the analysis of popular culture and popular music.
Drawing on the recent work of music scholars and the popular music press, Shuker explores key subjects which shape our experience of music, including music production, the music industry, music policy, fans, audiences and subcultures, the musician as 'star', music journalism, and the reception and consumption of popular music. This fully revised and updated second edition includes:
*case studies and lyrics of artists such as Shania Twain, S Club 7, The Spice Girls and Fat Boy Slim
* the impact of technologies including on-line delivery and the debates over MP3 and Napster
* the rise of DJ culture and the changing idea of the 'musician'
* a critique of gender and sexual politics and the discrimination which exists in the music industry
* moral panics over popular music including the controversies surrounding artists such as Marilyn Manson and Ice-T
* a comprehensive discography, guide to further reading and directory of websites.

Introduction 1. 'What's Goin' On? - Popular culture, popular music, and media literacy 2. 'Every 1's a Winner' - The music industry 3. 'Pump Up the Volume' - Technology and popular music 4. 'We are the World' - State music policy, cultural imperialism, and globalisation 5. 'On the Cover of the Rolling Stone' - The music press 6. 'I'm just a singer (in a rock 'n' roll band) - Making music 7. 'So You Want to be a Rock 'N' Roll Star?' - Stars and Auteurs 8. 'Message Understood' - Musicology and genres 9. 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Musical texts 10. 'U Got the Look' - Film & television, music video & MTV 11. 'My Generation' - Audiences and fans; scenes and subcultures 12. 'Pushin' Too Hard' - Popular music and cultural politics Conclusion: 'Wrap it Up' - Popular music and cultural meaning Appendix 1: The chapter/song titles Appendix 2: Discography Bibliography. Subject Index. Name Index. Song and Title Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.5.2001
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 567 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
ISBN-10 0-415-23509-X / 041523509X
ISBN-13 978-0-415-23509-9 / 9780415235099
Zustand Neuware
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