[csaa-forum] hot new book-order now

[Tony Mitchell]

'like me, a candidate for the cultural studies hall of fame' (Bon Scott via ouja board)
'bitch-slapping, bum-cracking good!' (Little Stevie via carrier pigeon)
'makes an old feller like me obsolete' (Glenn A. Baker via Foxtel)
'like lipstick, it's not just for boys, you know - a revelation!' (Myf Warhurst, 'Spicks and Specs')


Sounds of then, sounds of now:
Popular music in Australia

Edited by Shane Homan and Tony Mitchell

In Sounds of then, sounds of now: Popular music in Australia some of the country's most respected popular music researchers, 
musicians and music journalists document a range of past and present Australian sounds and scenes.

The collection maps recent changes in music consumption, production and media technologies, and the implications for local 
industries. It reconciles local music histories with contemporary practice, and reflects upon the growth and current diversity of 
Australian research, music genres and contexts, including jazz, rock, folk, metal, electronica, dance music, experimental music 
and hip hop. Chapters examining Aboriginal, Islander and world musics offer new perspectives on local and transnational 
relationships between popular music, geography and culture in Australia.

This text provides a means for understanding how popular music has expressed, reflected and influenced changes in Australian 
society through debates about youth, nationalism, censorship, local identity, contested spaces and enduring mythologies about 
'Australianness'. While some chapters examine earlier scenes and musical forms, the emphasis is upon Australian popular music 
since World War 2. At the same time, every chapter is informed by global debates and themes, including popular music's 
ongoing concerns with concepts such as nationalism, cultural imperialism, globalisation, authenticity, appropriation, the 
'mainstream', subcultures, genres and the impact of new media and the internet.

The authors' considerable experience in teaching and researching popular music studies has ensured a collection that is lively, 
accessible and well adapted to use in media, popular music, sociology, musicology and cultural studies courses. Each chapter 
contains a reference list, discography, a list of key web sites and discussion questions to assist students in linking chapter 
themes and issues to wider national and international debates.

At a time when Australian popular music is enjoying increasing international critical and commercial success, this wide-ranging 
new collection offers a critical revision of popular music's place in Australian society.

Order form

For more information, phone (03) 6226 2591
or email: acys.publishing at acys.utas.edu.au



order details

http://www.acys.info/publications/acyspublishing/music


-- 
UTS CRICOS Provider Code:  00099F
DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain
confidential information.  If you are not the intended recipient, do not
read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments.  If
you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately
and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the
individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority,
states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before
opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects.

Think. Green. Do.

Please consider the environment before printing this email.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: tony5.jpeg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 2102488 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.cdu.edu.au/pipermail/csaa-forum/attachments/20090202/7623c5e2/attachment-0001.jpeg