The Cambridge companion to pop and rock / / edited by Simon Frith, Will Straw, and John Street [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 781.64
• Soggetto topico: Popular music - History and criticism; Rock music - History and criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): FrithSimon <1946->; StrawWill <1954->; StreetJohn <1952->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-299) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: I. Context. 'Plugged in': technology and popular music / Paul Theberge -- The popular music industry / Simon Frith -- Consumption / Will Straw -- Star profiles I: Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Marvin Gaye -- II. Texts, genres, styles. Pop music / Frith -- Reconsidering rock / Keir Keightley -- Soul into hip-hop / Russell A. Potter -- Dance music / Straw -- World music / Jocelyne Guilbault -- Star profiles II. Bob Marley, David Bowie, Abba, Madonna, Nirvana, Public Enemy, Derrick May, The Spice Girls -- III. Debates. Pop, rock and interpretation / Richard Middleton -- Popular music, gender and sexuality / Sara Cohen -- Roc, pop and politics / John Street -- From Rice to Ice: the face of race in rock and pop / Barry Shank -- The 'local' and 'global' in popular music / Jan Fairley.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Public Enemy, Nirvana to the Spice Girls. They trace the way new technologies - from the amplifier to the internet - have changed the sounds and practices of pop and they analyse the way maverick entrepreneurs have given way to multimedia corporations. In particular they focus on the controversial issues concerning race and ethnicity, politics, gender and globalisation. Contains full profiles of a selection of figures from the pop and rock world.
• Altri titoli varianti: The Cambridge Companion to Pop & Rock
• Titolo autorizzato: The Cambridge companion to pop and rock
• ISBN: 9781139002240; 1-107-48057-4; 1-107-48492-8; 1-139-00224-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996210326303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Cambridge companions to music.