The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754664765)

The research presented in this volume is very recent, and the general approach is that of rethinking popular musicology: its purpose, its aims, and its methods. Contributors to the volume were asked to write something original and, at the same time, to provide an instructive example of a particular way of working and thinking. The essays have been written with a view to helping graduate students with research methodology and the application of relevant theoretical models. The team of contributors is an exceptionally strong one: it contains many of the pre-eminent academic figures involved in popular musicological research, and there is a spread of European, American, Asian, and Australasian scholars. The volume covers seven main themes: Film, Video and Multimedia; Technology and Studio Production; Gender and Sexuality; Identity and Ethnicity; Performance and Gesture; Reception and Scenes and The Music Industry and Globalization. The Ashgate Research Companion is designed to offer scholars and graduate students a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in a particular area. The companion's editor brings together a team of respected and experienced experts to write chapters on the key issues in their speciality, providing a comprehensive reference to the field.

Author: Derek B. Scott
ISBN-10: 0754664767
ISBN-13: 9780754664765
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2009
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.08lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.80d

Review Citation(s):
LJ Best Reference Sources 11/15/2009 pg. 34
Choice 07/01/2010
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 226