Popular Music Studies (Paperback)

This title introduces students to significant debates in the field of popular music, offering fresh perspectives and suggesting new directions. The title covers textual analysis, place and space, production, consumption and everyday life. It outlines the history and development of popular music studies and introduces a contribution to understanding musical cultures. It also offers an international perspective on popular music, featuring writers based in North and South America, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The text features prominent writers in the field, showcasing a generation of new voices. An interdisciplinary text, it features contributions from media and cultural studies, sociology, music analysis, ethnomusciology and performance studies. "Popular Music Studies" also provides clear and concise editorial material, explaining how the chapters fit into the main debates in popular music studies.