Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture

Goodwin, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0816620636 / ISBN 13: 9780816620630

Editore: University of Minnesota Press, 1992

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0816620636I4N00

Riassunto:

Cultural Studies

“Entertaining proof that good sense means good theory, this book is the first to treat music TV as vision and sound. Academically, I had most fun applauding Andrew Goodwin’s elegant skewering of postmodernists; as a rock fan I was constantly startled by Goodwin’s exposes of my most deeply held prejudices. I’m now convinced; there’s much more to MTV than meets the eye.”

Simon Frith

The John Logie Baird Centre

“Dancing in the Distraction Factory is the best study of MTV I have read. At a time when many critics dismiss music videos either as advertisements for interchangeable commodities or as tiny, soundless movies, Goodwin manages both to analyze the business components of this new medium and also to take videos seriously as complex cultural texts involving music, visuals, stars, and much else. Dancing in the Distraction Factory is a smart book; it will have an impact on the debates surrounding popular culture, and also offers a great deal that will interest the pop music fan.”

Susan McClary

McGill University

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Titolo: Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music ...
Casa editrice: University of Minnesota Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket