The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock
- Editor: Frith, Simon
- Editor: Straw, Will
- Editor: Street, John
This thought-provoking companion gives would be students a taster of what they might encounter on the several courses now available ... it is to the book's credit that it adopts an all-encompassing... — More…
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Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction and chronology of pop and rock
- Part I . Context:
- 1. 'Plugged in': technology and popular music Paul Theberge
- 2. The popular music industry Simon Frith
- 3. Consumption Will Straw
- Star profiles I: Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Marvin Gaye
- Part II . Texts, Genres, Styles:
- 4. Pop music Simon Frith
- 5. Reconsidering rock Keir Keightley
- 6. Soul into hip-hop Russell A. Potter
- 7. Dance music Will Straw
- 8. World music Jocelyne Guilbault
- Star profiles II: Bob Marley, David Bowie, Abba, Madonna, Nirvana, Public Enemy, Derrick May, The Spice Girls
- Part III . Debates:
- 9. Pop, rock and interpretation Richard Middleton
- 10. Popular music, gender and sexuality Sara Cohen
- 11. Rock, pop and politics John Street
- 12. From rice to ice: the face of race in rock and pop Barry Shank
- 13. The 'local' and 'global' in popular music Jan Fairley
- References
- Index.
