Authorship Roles in Popular Music: Issues and Debates

by Ron Moy

Book Overview

Authorship Roles in Popular Music applies the critical concept of auteur theory to popular music via different aspects of production and creativity. Through critical analysis of the music itself, this book contextualizes key concepts of authorship relating to gender, race, technology, originality, uniqueness, and genius and raises important questions about the cultural constructions of authenticity, value, class, nationality, and genre. Using a range...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138780685
• ISBN13: 9781138780682
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"