Understanding popular music culture / Roy Shuker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuker, Roy.

Contributor:

Shuker, Roy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Popular culture--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 313 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

This extensively revised new edition of Understanding Popular Music Culture provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the production, distribution, consumption and meaning of popular music and examines the difficulties and debates which surround the analysis of popular culture and popular music.

Reflecting the continued expansion of popular music studies, the changing music industry and the impact of new technologies, Roy Shuker explores key subjects which shape our experience of music, including music production, musicians and stars, musical texts, musical media, audiences, fans and subcultures and music as political activism and ideology.

New case studies on the ipod, downloading, and copyright;

The impact of technologies, including on-line delivery and the debates over MP3 and Napster;

New chapters on music genres, cover songs and the album canon as well as music retail, radio and the charts;

Case studies and lyrics of artists such as Robert Johnson. The Who, Fatboy Slim and the Spice Girls;

A comprehensive discography, suggestions for further reading, listening and viewing and a directory of useful websites.

Contents:

"Every 1's a winner" : music as a cultural industry

"Pump up the volume" : music and technology

"I'm just a singer" : making music and the success continuum

"So you want to be a rock'n'roll star?" : auteurs and stars

"Message understood"? : musical texts

"It's just rock'n'roll to me" : genres, covers, and the canon

"Shop around" : retail, radio, and the charts

"U got the look" : film, television and MTV

"On the cover of the Rolling Stone" : the music press

"My generation" : audiences, fans, and collectors

"Sound of our town" : subcultures, sounds and scenes

"We are the world" : state music policy, globalization, and national identity

"Pushin too hard" : moral panics

"Revolution" : social change, conscience rock, and identities.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Understanding popular music. 2nd ed. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-305), discography (pages 267-271) and index.

Related Work:

Shuker, Roy. Understanding popular music.

ISBN:

9780415419055

0415419050

9780415419062

0415419069

OCLC:

84150858