African American Popular Music
Albert Auster
Anne Danielsen
Antoine Hennion
Arnt Maaso
authenticity aesthetics
Barbara Bradby
Barenaked Ladies
Black Public Culture
Black Public Sphere
Body Genres
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Country Music
cultural studies music
Cyndi Lauper
Dafna Lemish
Dale Chapman
David Sanjek
Digital Dropout
Digital Mediation
digital music production
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Eric F Clarke
ethnicity politics music
Fitter Happier
Gangsta Rap
Hammersmith Palais De Danse
Humanitarian Aid
interdisciplinary analysis of popular music
John Richardson
Jon Fitzgerald
Jon Savage
Joseph auner
Karen Pegley
Kay Dickinson
Ken McLeod
Lawrence ?. Zbikowski
Lawrence Μ. Zbikowski
Leslie ?. Meier
Leslie Μ. Meier
Mark Hustwitt
Martin Cloonan
Material Girl
Motown Songs
Mu Mu
musicology theory
Nicola Dibben
Pop Star
popular
popular music criticism
Porno Rock
Posthuman Voices
Quadruple Metre
Robert Toft
Robert Walser
Simon Frith
Spice Girls
Susan Fast
Turbo Folk
UK Garage
Vice Versa
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754629528
- Weight: 1292g
- Dimensions: 169 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What defines pop music? Why do we consider some styles as easier listening than others? Arranged in three parts: Aesthetics and Authenticity - Groove, Sampling and Industry - Subjectivity, Ethnicity and Politics, this collection of essays by a group of international scholars deals with these questions in diverse ways. This volume prepares the reader for the debates around pop's intricate historical, aesthetic and cultural roots. The intellectual perspectives on offer present the interdisciplinary aspects of studying music and, spanning more than twenty-five years, these essays form a snapshot of some of the authorial voices that have shaped the specific subject matter of pop criticism within the broader field of popular music studies. A common thread running through these essays is the topic of interpretation and its relation to conceptions of musicality, subjectivity and aesthetics. The principle aim of this collection is to demonstrate that pop music needs to be evaluated on its own terms within the cultural contexts that make it meaningful.
Stan Hawkins is Professor of Musicology, University of Oslo, Norway
