Issue link: http://sagepub.uberflip.com/i/252433
Visit sagepub.com to explore our complete catalog and for table of contents information. 51 teXtBooKs cultural Studies StudyINg PoPular muSIc culture Second edItIon Tim Wall, Birmingham City University, UK Popular music is an important part of our everyday life, entertaining, inspiring and even empowering us, but where did it come from, how is it made, what does it mean, and how does it eventually reach our ears? In this fully revised second edition of the popular textbook, studying popular Music Culture, Tim Wall guides students through the many ways we can analyse music and the music industries, highlighting crucial skills and useful research tips. Taking into account recent changes and developments in the industry, this book outlines the key concepts, offers fresh perspectives and encourages readers to refl ect on their own work. studying popular Music Culture is therefore an essential companion for undergraduate students of popular music culture and media, cultural or communication studies. Contents Introduction: Defi nitions and Approaches / PART I: HISTORIES / Constructing Histories of Popular Music / Musical and Cultural Repertoires / Social, Economic and Technical Factors / Writing Popular Music History / PART II: INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS / An Overview of Popular Music Production / Taking Issue with the Record Industry / Popular Music and the Media / PART III: FORM, MEANING AND REPRESENTATION / Form / Meaning / Representation / PART IV: AUDIENCES AND CONSUMPTION / The Sociology of the Music Consumer / Listening, and Looking / Dancing / Acquiring, Organizing and Sharing Music PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-4462-0772-7 • ©2014 • 332 PageS the culture of deSIgN thIrd edItIon Guy Julier, University of Brighton/Victoria & Albert Museum What is the social impact of design? How do culture and economics shape the objects and spaces we take for granted? How do design objects, designers, producers and consumers interrelate to create experience? How do new networks of communication and technology change the design process? Thoroughly revised, this new edition: • explores the iPhone • digs deep into the digital with a new chapter on networks and mobile technologies • provides a new chapter on studying design culture • explores the relationship of design to management and the creative industries • supports students with a revamped website and all new exercises This is an essential companion for students of design, the creative industries, visual culture, material culture and sociology. Contents 1. Design Culture / 2. Design Production / 3. Designers and Design Discourse / 4. The Consumption of Design / 5. High Design / 6. Consumer Goods / 7. Branded Places / 8. Branded Leisure / 9. On-screen Interactivity / 10. Communications, Management and Participation / 11. Networks and Mobile Technologies / 12. Studying Design Culture PaPerback $48.00 • ISbN: 978-1-4462-7359-3 • JaNuary 2014 • 296 PageS • rAymond WIllIAmS on culture & SocIety: Essential Writings Jim McGuigan, University of Loughborough, UK Celebrating the intellectual legacy and enduring infl uence of Raymond Williams, this exciting collection introduces a whole new generation to his work. Jim McGuigan re-asserts and rebalances Williams' reputation within the social sciences by collecting and introducing key pieces of his work. Providing context and clarity he powerfully evokes the major contribution Williams has made to sociology, media and communication and cultural studies. Asserting the ongoing relevance of Williams within our contemporary neoliberal and digital age, the book: includes texts that have never been anthologized before; situates Williams' work both biographically and historically; provides a comprehensive introduction to Williams' social-scientifi c work; and demonstrates the enduring relevance of cultural materialism. Contents Introduction: Raymond Williams on Culture and Society / Culture is Ordinary / Mass, Masses and Mass Communication / Structure of Feeling and Selective Tradition / Advertising - The Magic System / Controversy / The Idea of a Common Culture / Social Darwinism / Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory / The Technology and the Society / Drama in a Dramatized Society / Communications as Cultural Science / Developments in the Sociology of Culture / Realism and Non-Naturalism / A Lecture on Realism / Means of Communication as Means of Production / 'Industrial' and 'Post-Industrial' Society / The Culture of Nations / Resources for a Journey of Hope / State Culture and Beyond / The Future of Cultural Studies PaPerback ISbN: 978-1-8492-0771-3 • february 2014 • 368 PageS NEW! NEW!