Regev, Motti
Pop-Rock Music: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in Late Modernity
Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. The history of pop-rock extends from the emergence of rock'n'roll in the 1950s to a variety of contemporary fashions and trends – rock, punk, soul, funk, techno, hip hop, indie, metal, pop and many more.
This book offers a highly original account of the emergence of pop-rock music as a global phenomenon in which Anglo-American and many other national and ethnic variants interact in complex ways. Pop-rock is analysed as a prime instance of 'aesthetic cosmopolitanism' – that is, the gradual formation, in late modernity, of world culture as a single interconnected entity in which different social groupings around the world increasingly share common ground in their aesthetic perceptions, expressive forms and cultural practices.
Drawing on a wide array of examples, this path-breaking book will be of great interest to students and scholars in cultural sociology, media and cultural studies as well as the study of popular music.
Avainsanat: Music, pop, rock, music, cosmopolitanism, aestheticism
- Tekijä(t)
- Regev, Motti
- Julkaisija
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2013
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 224 sivua
- Kategoria
- Musiikki
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9780745670904
- Painetun ISBN
- 9780745661735