Popular Music and Retro Culture in the Digital Era

Bibliographic Data

ID7519297
AuthorsJean Hogarty (corresponding author)
Year2016
Publication date2016-07-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePopular Music and Retro Culture in the Digital Era (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315559926
OpenAlexW2910728535
Open LibraryOL40036085M
ISBN9781315559926
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This book explores the trend of retro and nostalgia within contemporary popular music culture. Using empirical evidence obtained from a case study of fans’ engagement with older music, the book argues that retro culture is the result of an inseparable mix of cultural and technological changes, namely, the rise of a new generation and cultural mood along with the encouragement of new technologies. Retro culture has become a hot topic in recent years but this is the first time the subject has been explored from an academic perspective and from the fans’ perspective. As such, this book promises to provide concrete answers about why retro culture dominates in contemporary society. For the first time ever, this book provides an empirically grounded theory of popular music, retro culture and its intergenerational audience in the twenty-first century. It will appeal to advanced students of popular music studies, cultural studies, media studies, sociology and music

Art · Media studies · Sociology · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Music History and Culture · Anthropology · Cultural · Cultural Policy · Eklektizismus · History and criticism · Music · Musique populaire · Political science · Popular Culture · Popular music · Popular music, history and criticism · Public policy · Rétro (Style) dans la musique populaire · Retro (Style) in popular music · Social aspects · Social Science · Unterhaltungsmusik

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