Popular Music Genres
An Introduction
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 31. März 2020
257 Seiten
978-1-4744-2876-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics and socio-political contexts.
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Soul: from gospel to groove
- 2 Funk: the breakfast starts here
- 3 Psychedelia: in my mind's eye
- 4 Progressive rock: breaking the blues' lineage
- 5 Punk rock: artfice or authenticty
- 6: Reggae: the aesthetic logic of diasporan culture
- 7: Synthpop: in the digital age
- 8: Heavy metal: noise for the boys?
- 9: Rap: the word, rhythm and rhyme
- 10: Indie: the politics of production and distribution
- 11: Jungle: the breakbeat's revenge
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
