ABSTRACT
The Routledge Companion to Popular Music History and Heritage examines the social, cultural, political and economic value of popular music as history and heritage. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, the volume explores the relationship between popular music and the past, and how interpretations of the changing nature of the past in post-industrial societies play out in the field of popular music.
In-depth chapters cover key themes around historiography, heritage, memory and institutions, alongside case studies from around the world, including the UK, Australia, South Africa and India, exploring popular music’s connection to culture both past and present.
Wide-ranging in scope, the book is an excellent introduction for students and scholars working in musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies, critical heritage studies, cultural studies, memory studies and other related fields.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|107 pages
History and historiography
part 2|70 pages
Heritage
chapter 17|8 pages
‘Knowledge of Beatles songs and McCartney parts essential’ 1
chapter 18|9 pages
Burning punk and bulldozing clubs
part 3|69 pages
Memory
chapter 20|9 pages
Popular music and autobiographical memory
part 4|55 pages
Institutions
part 5|83 pages
Case studies