Understanding Popular Music is a comprehensive introduction to the history and meaning of
popular music. It begins with a critical assessment of the different ways in which popular …

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …

It's just after 7 am in Auckland, New Zealand. Media and journalism student Emily Johnson
wakes and thinks about the busy day ahead in college. Before she even gets out of bed, she …

We would like to thank Rachel Hazelwood, our Editorial Administrator for the Routledge
Handbook of Cultural Gerontology who showed organisation, patience and kindness …

La música latinoamericana es apasionada y rítmica, pero también triste y reflexiva. En este
libro, el musicólogo Juan Pablo González busca articular un pensamiento desde lo que nos …

To what extent do indie masculinities challenge the historical construction of rock music as
patriarchal? This key question is addressed by Matthew Bannister, involving an in-depth …

How sonically distinctive digital “signatures”—including reverb, glitches, and autotuning—
affect the aesthetics of popular music, analyzed in works by Prince, Lady Gaga, and others …

Who are pop dandies? Why are stars like David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and
Robbie Williams so dandified? Taking up a wide range of British pop stars, Hawkins seeks …

How does popular music produce its subject? How does it produce us as subjects? More
specifically, how does it do this through voice--through" giving voice"? And how should we …

This book investigates the phenomenon of queering in popular music and video, interpreting
the music of numerous pop artists, styles, and idioms. The focus falls on artists, such as Lady …