The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock

Bibliographic Data

ID23178697
EditorsSimon Frith, Will Straw, John Street
Year2001
Pages302
Publication date2001-08-16
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueCambridge companion to pop and rock (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/ccol9780521553698
OpenAlexW49504448
Open LibraryOL22461568M
ISBN9780521553698
LanguageEN
Citations received66

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.

Library science · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Computer Science · History · Music History and Culture · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · History and criticism · Popular music · Popular music, history and criticism · Rock music · Rock music, history and criticism