Popular Music: The Key Concepts (routledge Key Guides)

POPULAR MUSIC THE KEY CONCEPTS Popular Music: The Key Concepts presents a comprehensive A—Z glossary of the main terms and concepts used in the study of popular music. The book includes definitions of: • key musical genres, from bhangra to punk rock • musical subcultures, from hippies to goths • methodologies, from Marxism to postmodernism • musicological terms, from harmony to sampling • musical phenomena, from girl groups to concept albums. Each entry includes suggestions for further reading and is crossreferenced with related concepts. Roy Shuker is Associate Professor in Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand. He is the author of Understanding Popular Music (1994), also published by Routledge. ROUTLEDGE KEY GUIDES Routledge Key Guides are accessible, informative and lucid handbooks, which define and discuss the central concepts, thinkers and debates in a broad range of academic disciplines. All are written by noted experts in their respective subjects. Clear, concise exposition of complex and stimulating issues and ideas make Routledge Key Guides the ultimate reference resources for students, teachers, researchers and the interested lay person. Ancient History: Key Themes and Approaches Neville Morley Fifty Contempory Filmmakers Edited by Yvonne Tasker Business: The Key Concepts Mark Vernon Fifty Key Classical Authors Alison Sharrock and Rhiannon Ash Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts Susan Hayward Fifty Key Contempory Thinkers John Lechte Cultual Theory: The Key Concepts Edited by Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth Century Politics Keith Laybourn Cultual Theory: The Key Thinkers Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick Eastern Philosophy: Key Readings Oliver Leaman International Relations:The Key Concepts Martin Griffiths and Terry O’Callaghan Popular Music:The Key Concepts Roy Shuker Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers Dan Cohen-Sherbok Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment Edited by Joy Palmer with Peter Blaze Corcoran and David A.Cooper Fifty Key Thinkers on History Marnie Hughes-Warrington Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations Martin Griffiths Post-Colonial Studies: The Key Concepts Fifty Major Economists Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths and Helen Tiffin Steven Pressman Social and Cultural Anthropology:The Key Fifty Major Philosophers Concepts Diané Collinson Nigel Rapport and Joanna Overing Fifty Major Thinkers on Education Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts Joy Palmer Timothy Chandler, Mike Cronin and Wray Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education Vamplew Joy Palmer Sport Psychology: The Key Concepts Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Ellis Cashmore Studies (second edition) Television Studies:The Key Concepts Tim O’Sullivan, John Hartley, Danny Saunders, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Justin Lewis, Ben Martin Montgomery and John Fiske Calvert and Liam French Key Concepts in Eastern Philosophy Fifty Eastern Thinkers Oliver Leaman Diané Collinson, Katherine Plant and Robert Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics Wilkinson R.L.Trask Fifty Contempory Choreographers Key C