Railton, Diane,

Music video and the politics of representation / Diane Railton and Paul Watson. - vii, 176 pages ; 23 cm. - Music & the moving image series . - Music and the moving image. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the kleenexes of popular culture? -- Toward a critical vocabulary -- Situating music video: between feminism and popular culture -- Genre and music video: configurations and functions -- Making it real: authorship and authenticity -- Sexed, raced and gendered identity in music video -- Music video in black and white: race and femininity -- That Latin(a) look: performing ethnicity -- Masculinity and the absent presence of the male body -- Afterword: music video goes Gaga. Part 1. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6.

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Music videos--Social aspects

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