Popular Music: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) - Softcover

Book 41 of 53: Routledge Key Guides

Shuker, Roy

 
9781138680937: Popular Music: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138680931 ISBN 13: 9781138680937
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Now in an updated fourth edition, this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and expanded entries on genres and subgenres, the text comprehensively examines the social and cultural aspects of popular music, taking into account the digital music revolution and changes in the way that music is manufactured, marketed and delivered. New and updated entries include:

  • Age and youth
  • Black music

  • Digital music culture

  • K-Pop

  • Mash-ups

  • Philadelphia Soul

  • Pub music

  • Religion and spirituality
  • Remix

  • Southern Soul

  • Streaming

  • Vinyl

With further reading and listening included throughout, Popular Music: The Key Concepts is an essential reference text for all students studying the social and cultural dimensions of popular music.

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About the Author

Roy Shuker is Adjunct Professor in Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His previous publications include Wax Trash and Vinyl Treasures: Record Collecting as a Social Practice (2010) and Understanding Popular Music Culture (5th Edition, 2016).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138680931
ISBN 13 
9781138680937
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
4
Number of pages
380

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9781138680920: Popular Music: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

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ISBN 10:  1138680923 ISBN 13:  9781138680920
Publisher: Routledge, 2017
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