{"product_id":"9780745670904","title":"Pop-Rock Music: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in Late Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003ePop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred.  Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single musical form defined by the use of electric and electronic instruments, amplification and related techniques. The history of pop-rock extends from the emergence of rock'n'roll in the 1950s to a variety of contemporary fashions and trends – rock, punk, soul, funk, techno, hip hop, indie, metal, pop and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book offers a highly original account of the emergence of pop-rock music as a global phenomenon in which Anglo-American and many other national and ethnic variants interact in complex ways.  Pop-rock is analysed as a prime instance of 'aesthetic cosmopolitanism' – that is, the gradual formation, in late modernity, of world culture as a single interconnected entity in which different social groupings around the world increasingly share common ground in their aesthetic perceptions, expressive forms and cultural practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wide array of examples, this path-breaking book will be of great interest to students and scholars in cultural sociology, media and cultural studies as well as the study of popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107566534896,"sku":"9780745670904","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780745670904_p0.jpg?v=1763634271","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780745670904","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}