Music video and the politics of representation

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Label

Music video and the politics of representation

Statement of responsibility

Diane Railton and Paul Watson

Creator

• Railton, Diane

Contributor

• JSTOR
• Watson, Paul, 1972-

Provider

• JSTOR

Subject

• Electronic resources
• Feminism and music
• Feminism and music
• Fine Arts
• MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Pop Vocal
• Music videos
• Music videos -- History and criticism
• Music videos -- Social aspects
• Music videos -- Social aspects
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
• Popular music -- Social aspects
• Protest movements
• Protest songs
• Rock music -- Political aspects
• Rock musicians -- Political activity
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
• Social Science
• Counterculture

Language

eng

Summary

"How can we engage critically with music video and its role in popular culture? What do contemporary music videos have to tell us about patterns of cultural identity today? Based around an eclectic series of vivid case studies, this fresh and timely examination is an entertaining and enlightening analysis of the forms, pleasures, and politics that music videos offer. In rethinking some classic approaches from film studies and popular music studies and connecting them with new debates about the current 'state' of feminism and feminist theory, Railton and Watson show why and how we should be studying music videos in the twenty-first century. Through its thorough overview of the music video as a visual medium, this is an ideal textbook for Media Studies students and all those with an interest in popular music and cultural studies. Key Features: Provides a framework for how to describe and analyse a music video. Uses case studies from internationally well-know artists, such as Kylie, Shakira and Beyonce to explore issues of representation of gender, sexuality and ethnicity. Draws on classic and contemporary videos from a range of musical styles, from Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera to Gorillaz and Metallica"--Provided by publisher

Member of

• Music and the moving image

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• ML82
• ML3534
• ML3928

LC item number

.R35 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Music and the moving image