Interpreting Music Video
Popular Music in the Post-MTV Era
1st Edition
Published on 18. March 2021
Book
Hardback
186 pages
978-0-367-47999-2 (ISBN)
Description
Interpreting Music Video introduces students to the musical, visual, and sociological aspects of music videos, enabling them to critically analyze a multimedia form with a central place in popular culture.
With highly relevant examples drawn from recent music videos across many different genres, this concise and accessible book brings together tools from musical analysis, film and media studies, gender and sexuality studies, and critical race studies, requiring no previous knowledge.
Exploring the multiple dimensions of music videos, this book is the perfect introduction to critical analysis for music, media studies, communications, and popular culture.
With highly relevant examples drawn from recent music videos across many different genres, this concise and accessible book brings together tools from musical analysis, film and media studies, gender and sexuality studies, and critical race studies, requiring no previous knowledge.
Exploring the multiple dimensions of music videos, this book is the perfect introduction to critical analysis for music, media studies, communications, and popular culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
233 s/w Abbildungen, 233 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 37 s/w Tabellen
37 Tables, black and white; 233 Halftones, black and white; 233 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-47999-2 (9780367479992)
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Person
Brad Osborn is associate professor of music theory and affiliated faculty in American studies at the University of Kansas. His monograph Everything in its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead was published in 2017. Along with Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman, he is the co-author of the textbook American Popular Music (6th edition ff.)"
Content
INTRODUCTION; UNIT 1: INTERPRETING MUSIC; Chapter 1: Form; Chapter 2: Sound Analysis; Chapter 3: Lyrics; UNIT 2: INTERPRETING VISUALS; Chapter 4: Narrative; Chapter 5: Cinematography; Chapter 6: Editing and Special Effects; UNIT 3: INTERPRETING SOCIOLOGY; Chapter 7: Sexuality and Gender Diversity; Chapter 8: Representing Race and Ethnicity; Chapter 9: Music Video and Politics