Popular Music The Key Concepts - Routledge Key Guides

Roy Shuker

Fourth edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Now in an updated fourth edition, this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and expanded entries on genres and subgenres, the text comprehensively examines the social and cultural aspects of popular music, taking into account the digital music revolution and changes in the way that music is manufactured, marketed and delivered. New and updated entries include:

Age and youth
Black music

Digital music culture

K-Pop

Mash-ups

Philadelphia Soul

Pub music

Religion and spirituality
Remix

Southern Soul

Streaming

Vinyl

With further reading and listening included throughout, Popular Music: The Key Concepts is an essential reference text for all students studying the social and cultural dimensions of popular music.

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Routledge

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Book information

ISBN:	9781138680920
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	29 Mar 2017
Edition:	Fourth edition
DEWEY:	781.6403
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	366
Weight:	454g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	22mm