Popular Music Genres: An Introduction

By Ron Moy and Stuar Borthwick

Book Overview

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts. Within this interdisciplinary and genre-based focus, readers will gain insights into the relationships between popular music, cultural history, economics, politics, iconography, production techniques, technology, marketing, and musical structure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415973694
• ISBN13: 9780415973694
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"