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Medientyp:
E-Book
Titel:
Popular Music Genres
:
An Introduction
Enthält:
Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Soul: from gospel to groove
2 Funk: the breakbeat starts here
3 Psychedelia: in my mind's eye
4 Progressive rock: breaking the blues' lineage
5 Punk rock: artifice or authenticity?
6 Reggae: the aesthetic logic of a diasporan culture
7 Synthpop: into the digital age
8 Heavy metal: noise for the boys?
9 Rap: the word, rhythm and rhyme
10 lndie: the politics of production and distribution
11 Jungle: the breakbeat's revenge
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Beschreibung:
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617456);An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics and socio-political contexts. At the centre of each chapter is a textual analysis of key examples of the genres concerned: soul, psychedelia, progressive rock, reggae, funk, heavy metal, punk rock, rap, synthpop, indie, jungle. Within this interdisciplinary and genre-based focus, readers will gain insights into the relationships between popular music, cultural history, economics, politics, iconography, production techniques, technology, marketing, and musical structure.FeaturesIntroduces key terms and concepts in the study of popular musicIncludes recommended further readings and audio texts at the end of each chapterProvides a glossary of key theoretical terms for reference. "