| Analysing Popular Music: Image, Sound and Text Contributor(s): Machin, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848600224 ISBN-13: 9781848600225 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 781.64 |
| LCCN: 2009932887 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (1.20 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Popular music is far more than just songs we listen to; its meanings are also in album covers, lyrics, subcultures, voices and video soundscapes. Like language these elements can be used to communicate complex cultural ideas, values, concepts and identities. Analysing Popular Music is a lively look at the semiotic resources found in the sounds, visuals and words that comprise the ′code book′ of popular music. It explains exactly how popular music comes to mean so much. Packed with examples, exercises and a glossary, this book provides the reader with the knowledge and skills they need to carry out their own analyses of songs, soundtracks, lyrics and album covers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Machin, David: - David Machin is Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. He is co-editor of the journal Social Semiotics and has written five other books, including Introduction to Multimodal Analysis (Hodder, 2007), and News Production (Routledge, 2006), as well as co-editing the Media Audiences major work with Barrie Gunter. |