Music Commodities, Markets, and Values: Music as Merchandise

ISBN-13: 9780367596552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 208 str.

Jayson Beaster-Jones

Opis

This book examines music stores as sites of cultural production in contemporary India. Analyzing social practices of selling music in a variety of contexts, it focuses on the economic and social values produced and circulated by music retailers in the marketplace. It discusses the cultural histories of the recording industry, the social c

Spis treści

1. Music Commodities and Value Discourses in India 2. Prestige and Innovation in the Indian Music Industry 3. "Is Se Kuch Sasta Hai?": Music Commodities, Circulation, and Value in Indian Markets 4. Experiencing the Brand, Branding the Experience 5. Putting Music in its Place: Merchandising in Space and Time 6. Music, Passion, Knowledge: Music Retail and Affective Labor 7. Conclusion: Music Stores in the Age of Mobile Phones

O autorze

Jayson Beaster-Jones is Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Merced, USA.