Roy Shuker

Understanding Popular Music Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This extensively revised new edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture - featuring new case studies on Taylor Swift, Lorde and One Direction - provides a comprehensive introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and meaning of popular music and the debates that surround popular culture and music. Reflecting the continued expansion of popular music studies, the changing music industry and the impact of the digital age, Roy Shuker explores key subjects that shape our experience of music, including music production, musicians and stars, musical texts, music video and MTV, audiences and fans, scenes and subcultures and music as political activism and ideology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 5th edition
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781138907836
• ISBN-10: 1138907839
• Artikelnr.: 43544231

Autorenporträt

Roy Shuker is Adjunct Professor in Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His previous publications include Understanding Popular Music Culture (fourth edition, 2012) and Popular Music: The Key Concepts (third edition, 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'What's Goin' On?': Popular music culture 1. 'Every 1's a
Winner': The music industry and the record companies 2. 'Pump up the
Volume': Music and technology 3. 'I'm Just a Singer': Making music, the
rock musician and the success continuum 4. 'So You Want To Be a Rock'n'Roll
Star?': Auteurs and stars 5. 'Message Understood': Musical texts 6. 'The
Real Thing': Authenticity, covers and the canon 7. 'It's Still Rock'n'Roll
To Me': Genre 8. 'Shop around': Marketing and mediation 9. 'U Got the
Look': From film and television to YouTube 10. 'On the Cover of The Rolling
Stone': The music press. 11. 'My Generation': Consumption, identity and
fandom 12. 'Sound of Our Town': Subcultures, sounds and scenes 13.
'Revolution': Social change, politics and conscience rock 14. 'Pushin too
Hard': Moral panic, state regulation and censorship 15. 'We Are the world':
Globalization and State music policy 16. 'Time Will Pass You By': Histories
and popular memory. Conclusion: 'Wrap it up': Making music, making meaning
Appendix 1: Chapter song titles Appendix 2: Musical analysis Appendix 3:
Popular Music Timeline