Popular Music and Retro Culture in the Digital Era

by Jean Hogarty

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367877244
• ISBN13: 9780367877248
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"