@book {1298, title = {Popular Music Genres: An Introduction}, year = {2004}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, address = {London}, abstract = {

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their antecedents, histories, visual aesthetics, and sociopolitical contexts. Within this interdisciplinary and genre-based focus, readers will gain insights into the relationships between popular music, cultural history, economics, politics, iconography, production techniques, technology, marketing, and musical structure.

}, issn = {978-0415973694}, author = {Stuart Borthwick and Ron Moy} }