Aesthetics of Pop Music
Diedrich Diederichsen
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Aesthetics of Pop Music
Diedrich Diederichsen
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In this short book, the leading German cultural critic Diedrich Diederichsen puts forward a fresh and original account of pop music. He argues that pop music is not so much a form of music as a constellation of different media channels, social spaces and behavioural systems, of which music is only a part. Its own logic of attraction is based less on compositions and the expression of subjectivity and more on indexicality, real or pseudo-involuntary effects as recorded by sound technologies, and on studio discipline and staging, and hence on performance.
By elaborating his innovative account of pop music as a constellation, Diederichsen develops a theory that distinguishes itself from sociology, cultural studies, media studies and ethnography, while at the same time drawing on and encompassing them all.
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- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- 1 Pop Music Is a Form of Indexical Art
- 2 Pop Music Belongs to the Second of Three Culture Industries
- 3 At the Heart of Pop Music Is No Object, but an Impulse to Connect
- 4 An Assembly of Effects and Small Noises
- 5 Minus Music: Popularity and Criticism
- 6 Production Aesthetics
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