Pop idols and pirates : mechanisms of consumption and the global circulation of popular music /

Main Author: Fairchild, Charles, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England : Ashgate, c2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.