The selected essays include: 'Youth and Music', 'Afterthoughts', 'Playing with Real Feeling - Making Sense of Jazz in Britain', 'The Discourse of World Music', 'Pop Music', 'Why Do Songs Have Words', 'Adam Smith and Music' and 'Music and Identity'.
"82" Result
Sort By:
"As a sociologist Simon Frith takes the starting point that music is the result of the play of social forces, whether as an idea, an experience or an activity. The essays in this important collection address these forces, recognising that music is an effect of a continuous proce…
The selected essays include: 'Youth and Music', 'Afterthoughts', 'Playing with Real Feeling - Making Sense of Jazz in Britain', 'The Discourse of World Music', 'Pop Music', 'Why Do Songs Have Words', 'Adam Smith and Music' and 'Music and Identity'.
The selected essays include: 'Youth and Music', 'Afterthoughts', 'Playing with Real Feeling - Making Sense of Jazz in Britain', 'The Discourse of World Music', 'Pop Music', 'Why Do Songs Have Words', 'Adam Smith and Music' and 'Music and Identity'.
In this book Simon Frith offers a wide-ranging analysis of pop music and the entertainment industry of which it is part. From the BBC in the 1930s to post-punk poseurs in the 1980s, from Gracie Fields and the Shangri-Las to Bruce Springsteen and the Pet Shop Boys, Simon Frith ex…
