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Pop Idols and Pirates (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

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Author(s): Charles Fairchild
Year: 2008

Language: English
Pages: 192

Contents......Page 6
General Editor’s Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction: Industrial-Strength Strawmen......Page 12
Part I: All of the In-between......Page 26
1 The Acts and Spaces of Consumption......Page 28
2 The Medium and Materials of Popular Music......Page 46
Part II: Bridging the Distance between Production and Consumption......Page 64
3 Power and Property: CDs, MP3s, and SoundScan......Page 66
4 Mediating and Manufacturing the Investment in Desire......Page 86
Part III: The Spectacle as Consumption Environment......Page 104
5 Constructing the “Idol” Empire......Page 106
6 Building the Authentic Celebrity: The Structure of a Spectacle......Page 114
7 Becoming Who You Are: The Content of a Spectacle......Page 134
Conclusion: Why “Idol”?......Page 166
Bibliography......Page 170
C......Page 190
L......Page 191
S......Page 192
X......Page 193