{"product_id":"analysing-popular-music-david-machin-9781848600225","title":"Analysing Popular Music","description":"\u003cp\u003ePopular music is far more than just songs we listen to; its meanings are also in album covers, lyrics, subcultures, voices and video soundscapes. Like language these elements can be used to communicate complex cultural ideas, values, concepts and identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnalysing Popular Music\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lively look at the semiotic resources found in the sounds, visuals and words that comprise the 'code book' of popular music. It explains exactly how popular music comes to mean so much. Packed with examples, exercises and a glossary, this book provides the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to carry out their own analyses of songs, soundtracks, lyrics and album covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for students with no prior musical knowledge, \u003cstrong\u003e Analysing Popular Music\u003c\/strong\u003e is the perfect toolkit for students in sociology, media and communication studies to analyse, understand - and celebrate - popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Machin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848600224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848600225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 223","brand":"David Machin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065852309759,"sku":"9781848600225","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_843b54b7-0eb6-4fd2-b7e8-76dad981a7d2.jpg?v=1768677671","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/analysing-popular-music-david-machin-9781848600225","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}