Fairchild, Charles, 1967-
Pop idols and pirates : mechanisms of consumption and the global circulation of popular music / Charles Fairchild. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England : Ashgate, c2008. - 182 p. ; 24 cm. - Ashgate popular and folk music series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-177), discography (p. 176-177), filmography (p. 177), and index.
All of the in-between. The acts and the spaces of consumption ; The medium and materials of popular music -- Bridging the distance between production and consumption. Property and power: CDs, MP3s, and SoundScan ; Mediating and manufacturing the investment in desire -- The spectacle as consumption environment. Constructing the idol empire ; Building the authentic celebrity: the structure of a spectacle ; Becoming who you are: the content of a spectacle.
9780754663836 (alk. paper) 0754663833 (alk. paper)
2007044477
Music trade--Social aspects.
Popular music--Social aspects.
Piracy (Copyright)
ML3790 / .F34 2008
338.4/778163
Pop idols and pirates : mechanisms of consumption and the global circulation of popular music / Charles Fairchild. - Aldershot, Hampshire, England : Ashgate, c2008. - 182 p. ; 24 cm. - Ashgate popular and folk music series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-177), discography (p. 176-177), filmography (p. 177), and index.
All of the in-between. The acts and the spaces of consumption ; The medium and materials of popular music -- Bridging the distance between production and consumption. Property and power: CDs, MP3s, and SoundScan ; Mediating and manufacturing the investment in desire -- The spectacle as consumption environment. Constructing the idol empire ; Building the authentic celebrity: the structure of a spectacle ; Becoming who you are: the content of a spectacle.
9780754663836 (alk. paper) 0754663833 (alk. paper)
2007044477
Music trade--Social aspects.
Popular music--Social aspects.
Piracy (Copyright)
ML3790 / .F34 2008
338.4/778163
