Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader [Paperback]

Simon Frith (Editor), Andrew Goodwin (Editor), Lawrence Grossberg (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415094313 | ISBN-13: 978-0415094313 | Publication Date: June 27, 1993 | Edition: Second Edition

Sound and Vision is the first significant collection of new and classic texts on video and brings together some of the leading international cultural and music critics writing today.
Addressing one of the most controversial forms of popular culture in the contemporary world, Sound and Vision confronts easy interpretations of music video - as promotional vehicles, filmic images and postmodern culture - to offer a new and bold understanding of its place in pop music, television and the media industries. The book acknowledges the history of the commercial status of pop music as a whole, as well as its complex relations with other media. Sound and Vision will be an essential text for students of popular music and popular culture.

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About the Author

Simon Frith is Professor of Enflish at Strathclyde University and Co-Director of the John Logie Baird Center. Andrew Goodwin is a lecturer in the Department of Broadcast Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. Lawrence Grossberg is at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; Second Edition edition (June 27, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415094313
• ISBN-13: 978-0415094313
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,258,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)