books.google.co.uk - "As a sociologist Simon Frith takes the starting point that music is the result of the play of social forces, whether as an idea, an experience or an activity. The essays in this important collection address these forces, recognising that music is an effect of a continuous process of negotiation, dispute...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Taking_Popular_Music_Seriously.html?id=ZFBUsDpDTx4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareTaking Popular Music Seriously
