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Aesthetics of Pop Music

By (author) Diedrich Diederichsen

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In this short book, the leading German cultural critic Diedrich Diederichsen puts forward a fresh and original account of pop music. He argues that pop music is not so much a form of music as a constellation of different media channels, social spaces and behavioural systems, of which music is only a part. Its own logic of attraction is based less on compositions and the expression of subjectivity and more on indexicality, real or pseudo-involuntary effects as recorded by sound technologies, and on studio discipline and staging, and hence on performance. By elaborating his innovative account of pop music as a constellation, Diederichsen develops a theory that distinguishes itself from sociology, cultural studies, media studies and ethnography, while at the same time drawing on and encompassing them all.

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Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published date | 31 Mar 2023
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 176
Dimensions | 198 x 130 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 272g
ISBN | 978-1-5095-5202-3
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BISAC | social science / sociology / general


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