Selling Out
«In popular music, who is a sellout, who is allowed to be a sellout, and how has talk about musicians 'selling out' changed over time? Engaging with examples such as The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash, Nirvana, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Bethany Klein offers an historically informed, nuanced and engaging analysis of the complicated relationship of commerce and popular culture.»
Matthew P. McAllister, Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University, USA, and co-editor of The
The relationship between popular music and consumer brands has never been so cosy. Product placement abounds in music videos, popular music provides the soundtrack to countless commercials, social media platforms offer musicians tools for perpetual promotion, and corporate-sponsored competitions lure aspiring musicians to vie for exposure. Les mer
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Selling Out traces the evolution of ‘selling out’ debates in popular music culture and considers what might be lost when the boundary between culture and commerce is dismissed as a relic.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Academic USA
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 200
- ISBN
- 9781501339318
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«In popular music, who is a sellout, who is allowed to be a sellout, and how has talk about musicians 'selling out' changed over time? Engaging with examples such as The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash, Nirvana, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Bethany Klein offers an historically informed, nuanced and engaging analysis of the complicated relationship of commerce and popular culture.»
Matthew P. McAllister, Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University, USA, and co-editor of The
«In a moment when branding, advertising, and commercialism dominate popular music, Selling Out makes a powerful claim: that far from being passé, the idea of “selling out” is as important as ever, and protects something fundamental about music and music making.»
Devon Powers, Associate Professor of Advertising, Temple University, USA, and author of Writing the