Voicing the Popular : On the Subjects of Popular Music

ISBN-13: 9780415975902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 339 str.

Richard Middleton

Opis

"Voicing the Popular" brings together aspects of political economy, cultural history, and musical interpretation to examine the rise of popular music over the past 50 years. A unifying theme is that of "voice," by which Middleton means the sphere of vocality through which popular songs are delivered, as well as a broader, metaphorical sense of "voice" as a vehicle through which subjects articulate, understand, and represent identities and personae. Tackling large themes in the field--including gender, race authenticity, and repetition as a means of structuring popular song--Middleton hopes to bring new clarity to the study of popular music, while also questioning basic assumptions.
"Voicing the Popular" brings a fresh, new perspective to the field of popular music studies. Written by a world-renowned authority, it will stand as both a summation and a challenge to all interested in pursuing this growing discipline.

Spis treści

Table of Contents: Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: 'We're Low, We're Low, We're Very, Very Low' 2 Through a Mask Darkly: Voices of Black Folk 3 Appropriating the Phallus? Female Voices and the Law-of-the-Father 4 Once More with Feeling: On the Subjects of Repetition 5 The Real Thing? The Spectre of Authenticity Notes Bibliography

O autorze

Richard Middleton is Professor of Music at Newcastle University(UK). He is one of the most widely respected scholars of popular music, having authored numerous books including the classic Studying Popular Music(1990) and Reading Pop (2000), and co-founded the leading journal in the field, Popular Music, serving on its editorial board from 1981-1986. He was coeditor of The Cultural Study of Music (Routledge, 2003). Middleton has also contributed to many standard music reference works.