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Motti Regev - Pop-Rock Music - 9780745661728 - V9780745661728
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Pop-Rock Music

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Description for Pop-Rock Music Hardcover. Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.

Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred.  Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. The history of pop-rock extends from the emergence of rock'n'roll in the 1950s to a variety of contemporary fashions and trends – rock, punk, soul, funk, techno, hip hop, indie, metal, pop and many more.

This book offers a highly original account of the emergence of pop-rock music as a global phenomenon in which Anglo-American and ... Read more

Drawing on a wide array of examples, this path-breaking book will be of great interest to students and scholars in cultural sociology, media and cultural studies as well as the study of popular music.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745661728
SKU
V9780745661728
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Motti Regev
Motti Regev is professor of sociology at The Open University of Israel where he works on the sociology of culture and art and popular music studies.

Reviews for Pop-Rock Music
"Spirited, thought-provoking and replete with original perspectives that use music as a prism for understanding cultural politics and cross-border impact on traditional art forms." The Hindu "A very fine piece of work, which makes an original contribution both to our understanding of popular music and to our understanding of the global cultural order. It provides a ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Pop-Rock Music


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