The Popular Music Studies Reader

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Andy Bennett, Barry Shank, Jason Toynbee
Psychology Press, 2006 - Art - 408 pages

The Popular Music Studies Reader maps the changing nature of popular music over the last decade and considers how popular music studies has expanded and developed to deal with these changes.

A wide range of international contributors featuring some of the biggest names in popular music and cultural studies including Philip Auslander, Paul Gilroy and Kodwo Eshun and discuss:

* the increasing participation of women in the industry
* the changing role of gender and sexuality in popular music
* the role of new technologies, especially in production and distribution
* the changing nature of the relationship between music production and consumption.

The Popular Music Studies Reader places popular music in its cultural context, looks at the significance of popular music in our everyday lives, and examines the global nature of the music industry.

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Contents

IN THE GROOVE OR BLOWING YOUR MIND? THE PLEASURES OF MUSICAL REPETITION
15
THIS IS NOT A STORY MY PEOPLE TELL MUSICAL TIME AND SPACE ACCORDING TO LAURIE ANDERSON
21
HOME IS LIVING LIKE A MAN ON THE RUN JOHN CALES WELSH ATLANTIC
29
FAMILY VALUES IN MUSIC? BILLIE HOLIDAYS AND BING CROSBYS ILL BE SEEING YOU
36
SUBJECTIVITY AND SOUNDSCAPE MOTORBIKES AND MUSIC
44
INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO
53
LITTLE GIRL BLUE
57
BLACK SOUND BLACK BODY JIMI HENDRIX THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AND THE MEANINGS OF BLACKNESS
64
TECHNOBANDA AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY
208
VOICES FROM THE MARGINS RAP MUSIC AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL PRODUCTION
216
INTRODUCTION TO PART SIX
227
THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF MUSIC
231
MUSICIANS IN HOLLYWOOD WORK AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES 19261940
239
THE BRITISH DANCE MUSIC INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF INDEPENDENT CULTURAL PRODUCTION
246
PROFITING FROM CREATIVITY? THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN AND KINGSTON JAMAICA
253
INTRODUCTION TO PART SEVEN
265

MAKING UP AND SHOWING OFF WHAT MUSICIANS DO
71
WAR IN THE JUNGLE
78
LIVENESS PERFORMANCE AND THE ANXIETY OF SIMULATION
85
INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE
95
UNDERSTANDING HIPNESS SUBCULTURAL CAPITAL AS FEMINIST TOOL
99
SUBCULTURES OR NEOTRIBES? RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUTH STYLE AND MUSICAL TASTE
106
PUNK ROCK AT RAULS THE PERFORMANCE OF CONTRADICTION
114
RULES OF REBELLION SLAMDANCING MOSHING AND THE AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE SCENE
121
ROOTS? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL WITHIN THE EXTREME METAL SCENE
128
INTRODUCTION TO PART FOUR
137
MUSIC AND SELFIDENTITY
141
FILMIC CITIES THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSONALSTEREO USER
148
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THE RISE OF EASYLISTENING FM
156
SCANNING AETHER TALK
164
INTRODUCTION TO PART FIVE
175
JEWELS BROUGHT FROM BONDAGE BLACK MUSIC AND THE POLITICS OF AUTHENTICITY
179
ZOUK AND THE ISLES OF THE CARIBEES
187
THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL IN NORTH AFRICAN POPULAR MUSIC
194
ASIAN KOOL? BHANGRA AND BEYOND
201
THE MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY OF RECORDED SOUND
269
RATIONALIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF POPULAR MUSIC
276
MUSICTECHNOLOGYPRACTICE MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE IN ACTION
283
FUTURHYTHMACHINE AN INTERVIEW WITH KODWO ESHUN
292
HOME ON THE PAGE A VIRTUAL PLACE OF MUSIC COMMUNITY
295
INTRODUCTION TO PART EIGHT
305
COMMERCIAL RADIO AND POPULAR MUSIC PROCESS OF SELECTION AND FACTORS OF INFLUENCE
309
YO QUIERO MI MTV MAKING MUSIC TELEVISION FOR LATIN AMERICA
317
POPULAR SONGS AND COMIC ALLUSION IN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA
326
ANGLOAMERICAN MUSIC JOURNALISM TEXTS AND CONTEXTS
333
INTRODUCTION TO PART NINE
343
WOMEN MAKING MUSIC SOME MATERIAL CONSTRAINTS
347
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT RIOT GRRRLS REVOLUTION AND WOMEN IN INDEPENDENT ROCK
355
WOMEN AND THE EARLY BRITISH RAVE SCENE
370
HOUSEWIVES CHOICE FEMALE FANS AND UNMANLY MEN
377
References
382
Index
396
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