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Unfree masters : recording artists and the politics of work / Matt Stahl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stahl, Matt, 1965-
- Series:
- Refiguring American music.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Refiguring American music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--Writing and publishing--United States.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--Economic aspects--United States.
- Intellectual property--United States.
- Intellectual property.
- Sound recording industry--United States.
- Sound recording industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2013
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Unfree Masters, Matt Stahl examines recording artists' labor in the music industry as a form of creative work. He argues that the widespread perception of singers and musicians as free individuals doing enjoyable and fulfilling work obscures the realities of their occupation.
- Contents:
- American Idol and narratives of meritocracy
- Rockumentary and the new model worker
- Carving out recording artists from California's seven-year rule
- Freedom, unfreedom, and the rhetoric of (the recording) contract
- Recording artists, work for hire, employment, and appropriation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781283863582
- 1283863588
- 9780822395775
- 0822395770
- OCLC:
- 820434004
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