The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates
List Price:
Our Price: $29.40
You Save: $5.55 (16%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $16.00 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Editor: David BrackettEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-12
ISBN: 0195365933
Number of pages: 574
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Reviews of The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates
Book Review: Hard to Beat
Summary: 4 Stars
This book does a shockingly good job of covering the whole 20th century in music. If there's one gap that could be filled, I wish the author had added more of himself. Choosing to view his task as being more of an editor than an author, he provides a minimum of connective material, just enough to tie things together. Tell us more, David!
Summary of The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates
The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates, Second Edition, traces the evolution of diverse streams of American popular music from the 1920s to the present. In this richly textured anthology, well-known scholar David Brackett brings together more than 100 readings from a wide range of sources and by writers who have played an integral part in the development of popular music criticism. Brackett includes articles from mainstream and specialized magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals, as well as interviews and autobiographies of musicians and other music industry insiders. Organized into broad time periods, the chapters are divided into sections by genre, and these sections are organized chronologically. The chapter divisions parallel those found most frequently in textbooks on popular music.Representing a wide variety of time periods, styles, and genres--and including groundbreaking criticism on disco, hip-hop, rap, and techno--the selections introduce students to important social and cultural issues raised by the study of popular music. Topics covered include the role of race, class conflict, gender roles, regional differences in the reception of popular music, and the relative value of artistry versus commerce. Extensive editorial introductions and headnotes supply context for the selections, provide links between different eras and genres, clarify the issues raised by the documents, and explain their historical significance. The second edition of this captivating anthology features eleven new source readings and introductions, further reading and discography selections for each chapter, and a companion website containing student and instructor resources.
History & Criticism Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in History & Criticism Books
KISS and Make-upby Gene Simmons
Crown; Published: 2001-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.48
Price in other shops:
Elvis Presley: A Life in Music : The Complete Recording Sessionsby Ernst Jorgensen
St Martins Pr; Published: 1998-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $199.98
The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Coolby Michael Segell
Picador; Published: 2006-08-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.82
Price in other shops:
Elvis: My Best Man: Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presleyby George Klein, Chuck Crisafulli
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2011-01-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.49
Price in other shops:
Bill Evans: How My Heart Singsby Mr. Peter Pettinger
Yale University Press; Published: 1998-08-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $75.40
Microsoundby Curtis Roads
The MIT Press; Published: 2004-08-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $24.00
Price in other shops:
Hip Hop Americaby Nelson George
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2005-04-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.50
Price in other shops:
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Albumby Ashley Kahn
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2003-10-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.69
Price in other shops:
Jazz Styles: History and Analysis (10th Edition)by Mark C. Gridley
Prentice Hall; Published: 2008-01-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $45.99
Price in other shops:
Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garciaby Robert Greenfield
It Books; Published: 2009-02-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.48
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USA with CD (3rd Edition)by Reebee Garofalo
Prentice Hall; Published: 2004-08-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $34.75
Price in other shops:
Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock and Roll (6th Edition)by David P. Szatmary
Prentice Hall; Published: 2006-02-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $35.00
Price in other shops:
Rock Music Styles: A Historyby Katherine Charlton
Mcgraw-Hill College; Published: 2010-04-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $65.82
Price in other shops:
Blues People: Negro Music in White Americaby Leroi Jones
Harper Perennial; Published: 1999-01-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.91
Price in other shops:
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Musicby Rolling Stone Magazine
Random House; Published: 1992-11-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $24.45
Price in other shops:
History of Rock and Roll with Rhapsodyby LARSON THOMAS E
Kendall Hunt Publishing; Published: 2010-10-28; Spiral-bound; Book
Best price: $75.38
Price in other shops:
Rockin Out: Popular Music in the U.S.A. (5th Edition)by Reebee Garofalo
Prentice Hall; Published: 2010-06-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $61.92
Price in other shops:
Rockin in Time (7th Edition)by David P. Szatmary
Prentice Hall; Published: 2009-07-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $50.00
Price in other shops:
What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History (Second Edition)by John Covach
W. W. Norton & Company; Published: 2009-03-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $58.00
American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3by Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2009-11-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $79.05
Price in other shops: