Classic sociological analyses of 'deviance' and rebellion; studies of technology; subcultural and feminist readings, semiotic and musicological essays and close readings of stars, bands and the fans themselves by Adorno, Barthes and other well-known contributors
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`... the collection as a whole recognises the pleasures of pop and helps us to understand them.' - Q Magazine
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Simon Frith is a professor at the University of Stirling and Andrew Goodwin is a professor at the University of San Francisco
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The study of popular culture-radio, movies, comics, popular music, and fiction-is a relatively new field in American social science. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
enhanced use value, music industry technology, transcultural music, heavy metal audiences, mass media gatekeepers, motorbike boys, unsated demand, roll apparatus, recording aesthetic, butch god, heavy metal culture, recording consciousness, bike culture, differential promotion, craft administration, roll culture, entrepreneurial mode, ninth wave, pop production, rock criticism, sound mixer, subcultural theory, mass media organizations, punk subculture, subcultural style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kate Bush, New York, Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue, Elvis Presley, United States, Rolling Stone, David Bowie, Dick Hebdige, The Dreaming, Led Zeppelin, Paul Willis, Resistance Through Rituals, Running Up That Hill, Simon Frith, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Roland Barthes, Sri Lanka, Boy George, Every Picture Tells, Hello Earth, Mailman Bring Me No More Blues, Phil Cohen, Wuthering Heights New!
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The study of popular culture-radio, movies, comics, popular music, and fiction-is a relatively new field in American social science. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
enhanced use value, music industry technology, transcultural music, heavy metal audiences, mass media gatekeepers, motorbike boys, unsated demand, roll apparatus, recording aesthetic, butch god, heavy metal culture, recording consciousness, bike culture, differential promotion, craft administration, roll culture, entrepreneurial mode, ninth wave, pop production, rock criticism, sound mixer, subcultural theory, mass media organizations, punk subculture, subcultural style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kate Bush, New York, Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue, Elvis Presley, United States, Rolling Stone, David Bowie, Dick Hebdige, The Dreaming, Led Zeppelin, Paul Willis, Resistance Through Rituals, Running Up That Hill, Simon Frith, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Roland Barthes, Sri Lanka, Boy George, Every Picture Tells, Hello Earth, Mailman Bring Me No More Blues, Phil Cohen, Wuthering Heights New!
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- Cultural Studies by Angela McRobbie on 5 pages
- Learning to Labour by Paul E. Willis on 5 pages
- Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain by Stuart Hall on page 56, page 65, and page 95
- Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies by Simon Frith on page 290, page 367, and page 465
- Buddy Holly (Rock Books) by Dave Laing on page 213, page 276, and page 326
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- In the Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin and the Power of Rock Music by Susan Fast on 11 pages
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- Sexing the Groove: Popular Music and Gender by Sheila Whiteley on 10 pages
- Understanding Popular Music by Roy Shuker on 9 pages
- Key Concepts in Popular Music (Routledge Key Guides) by Roy Shuker on 9 pages
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