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  • Nostalgia, Song and the Quest for Home

    Production, Text, Reception

    Edited by Dr. Paul Carr ...
    What does it mean to evoke a sense of home through song, or intentionally utilize nostalgia in songwriting?This book explores a neglected aspect of scholarship surrounding the study of song-its relationship with nostalgia and notions of 'home,' in the broadest sense. Each essay in this collection studies these factors from the perspective of 'production', 'text' and 'reception,' either ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research

    Edited by Professor Allan Moore, Dr. Paul Carr ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Handbooks
    The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research is the first comprehensive academic survey of the field of rock music as it stands today. More than 50 years into its life and we still ask - what is rock music, why is it studied, and how does it work, both as music and as cultural activity? This volume draws together 37 of the leading academics working on rock to provide answers to these questions ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Encountering Ensemble

    by Reader in Drama, Theatre and Performance David Barnett, Michael Boyd, Bryan Brown, Mr Frank Camilleri, Franc Chamberlain, Terence Chapman, John Collins, Antje Diedrich, Mark Evans, Tanya Gerstle, Professor of Theatre and Media Drama Richard J. Hand, Peter Harrop, Paz Hilfinger-Pardo, Kate Hunter, Malgorzata Jablonska, Duncan Jamieson, Evelyn Jamieson, Chris Johnston, Brad Krumholz, Rebecca Loukes, Mr Eilon Morris, Jonathan Pitches, Anna Porubcansky, Duška Radosavljevic, Marianne Sharp, Amy Skinner, Patrick Stewart, Susan Thompson, Mark Valdez, Julia Varley, Phillip Zarrilli, Dr Adam J. Ledger, Dr. Paul Carr ...
    Series series Performance Books
    Encountering Ensemble, is a text for students, teachers, researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the history, conceptual foundations and practicalities of the world of ensemble theatre. It is the first book to draw together definitions and practitioner examples, making it a cutting edge work on the subject.Encountering Ensemble combines historical and ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

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    A Critical History of Industrial Music

    by S. Alexander Reed ...
    Noisy, confrontational, and controversial, industrial music first emerged in the mid-1970s around bands and performance groups that combined avant-garde electronic music with the provocative attitude and abrasive style of punk rock. In Assimilate, S. Alexander Reed provides the first ever critical history of this fascinating and enigmatic genre, charting its trajectory from Throbbing Gristle's ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Global Metal Music and Culture

    Current Directions in Metal Studies

    Edited by Karl Spracklen, Keith Kahn-Harris, Niall Scott, Andy Brown ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Popular Music
    This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insights from a wide range of disciplines including popular music, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and ethics, this volume offers new and innovative research on metal musicology, ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock

    Edited by Simon Frith, Will Straw, John Street ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    This Companion maps the world of pop and rock, pinpointing the most significant moments in its history and presenting the key issues involved in understanding popular culture's most vital art form. Expert writers chart the changing patterns in the production and consumption of popular music, the emergence of a vast industry with a turnover of billions and the rise of global stars from Elvis to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Resonances

    Noise and Contemporary Music

    Edited by Dr. Michael Goddard, Nicola Spelman, Dr. Benjamin Halligan ...
    Resonances is a compelling collection of new essays by scholars, writers and musicians, all seeking to explore and enlighten this field of study. Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or distract rather than enrapture. And yet the drones of psychedelia, the racket of garage rock and punk, the thudding of rave, the feedback of shoegaze and post-rock, the bombast of thrash ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Popscript: Graduate Research In Popular Music Studies

    by Simone Krüger (ed.), Ron Moy (ed.) ...
    This book features written work by graduate students in popular music studies. ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Popular Music History and Heritage

    Edited by Sarah Baker, Catherine Strong, Lauren Istvandity, Zelmarie Cantillon ...
    Series series Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Popular Music History and Heritage examines the social, cultural, political and economic value of popular music as history and heritage. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, the volume explores the relationship between popular music and the past, and how interpretations of the changing nature of the past in post-industrial societies play out in the field of popular ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Music/Video

    Histories, Aesthetics, Media

    Edited by Gina Arnold, Dr. Kirsty Fairclough, Dr. Michael Goddard, Dr. Daniel Cookney ...
    This book is a lively, comprehensive and timely reader on the music video, capitalising on cross-disciplinary research expertise, which represents a substantial academic engagement with the music video, a mediated form and practice that still remains relatively under-explored in a 21st century context. The music video has remained suspended between two distinct poles. On the one hand, the music ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Prince: The Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon

    by Stan Hawkins, Sarah Niblock ...
    Series series Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
    The career of the prolific pop artist Prince has become inextricably intertwined with the history of popular music since the late 1970s. This multi-instrumental icon, who remains one of the highest-grossing live performers in America, has been called a genius for his musicianship, composition and incredible performances. But Prince holds iconic status for more than his music. Best known for his ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Connecting Metal to Culture

    Unity in Disparity

    Edited by Mika Elovaara, Bryan Bardine ...
    Though it’s given little attention—and even less serious attention— by the mainstream press, metal music has for decades been a major creative and cultural force around the world. This book brings together a group of contributors from Europe, North America, and the Caribbean to make a case for metal’s place not merely on the periphery of our culture, but at its very heart. Contributors attend not ... Read more

    $40.49 USD