Popular Music and Narrativity: A Theory and History of Pop Storyworlds

by Alex Jeffery and Holly Rogers

Popular music is rich in imaginative storytelling, from the songs of music hall, and street narratives of hip-hop to the 1970s heyday of the concept album. As an even broader audiovisual practice, including music video, sleeve art and star-texts of performers themselves, the possibilities for unique ways of telling stories multiply - capturing the public imagination more recently are examples like Beyonc 's recent visual album Lemonade and experiments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501343254
• ISBN13: 9781501343254
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 288 Pages