Pop Idols and Pirates: Mechanisms of Consumption and the Global Circulation of Popular Music (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

by Charles Fairchild (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $151.20

  Presents two inter-related cases of crisis and opportunity - the music industry's struggle over piracy and the 'Idol' phenomenon. This book shows how multiple sites of consumption, and attempts to mediate and control the circulation of popular music are used to combat the foundational challenges facing the music industry.