Wall, Tim,

Studying popular music culture / Tim Wall. - Second edition. - xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-312) and index.

Introduction: definitions and approaches -- Part One: Histories. 1 Constructing histories of popular music -- 2 Musical and cultural repertoires -- 3 Social, economic and technical factors -- 4 Writing popular music history -- Part Two: Industries and institutions. 5 An overview of popular music production -- 6 Taking issue with the record industry -- 7 Popular music and the media -- Part Three: Form, meaning and representation. 8 Form -- 9 Meaning -- 10 Representation -- Part Four: Audiences and consumption. 11 The sociology of the music consumer -- 12 Listening and looking -- 13 Dancing -- 14 Acquiring, organising and sharing music.

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Popular music--Social aspects
Popular culture
Music trade.

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