Popular Music Studies [Paperback]

The study of popular music has reached an exciting and important moment
in its development. Popular Music Studies introduces students to the
most significant debates in the field, offering fresh perspectives and
suggesting new directions.

The study of popular music has reached an exciting and important moment
in its development. Popular Music Studies introduces students to the
most significant debates in the field, offering fresh perspectives and
suggesting new directions.

David Hesmondhalgh is Professor of Media and Music Industries and Director of The Media Industries Research Centre at the University of Leeds, UK.
Keith Negus is Professor of Musicology at Goldmsiths, University of London, UK.

A stimulating, kaleidoscopic work of unprecedented geographical and methodological range. The editors' introduction is the finest concise overview of popular music studies I've seen. Robert Walser, Professor and Chair of Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles

An up-to-the-minute field report on the current state of popular music studies, this excellent collection has the merit of not just recommending interdisciplinary but practising it, not just criticising the undue pop/rock emphasis of an earlier stage but offering a model for an overdue increase in pluralism. Richard Middleton, Professor, Department of Music, University of Newcastle, UK