{"product_id":"reading-pop","title":"Reading Pop","description":"\u003cp\u003e'There is a typically perspicacious new introductory chapter from Middleton, which helpfully gives a summary of the entire terrain of popular music studies for the newcomer… this collection is invaluable in that it gives a 'greatest hits' selection from a journal which some undergraduates may not have access… In the main, the writing in this collection is admirable and the concerns refreshingly pluralistic.' - Years Work in Critical and Cultural Theory 'Extensive introduction is particularly valuable… the paperback price is worth it for the introduction, and the Bjornberg and Tagg essays, alone.' - Allan More, British Journal of Music Education Reading Pop collects together key essays on the interpretation of pop songs previously published in the journal Popular Music . In sixteen varied studies by many of the best-known scholars, all the most influential approaches are represented. A newly written introduction by leading pop academic Richard Middleton puts them into context and outlines the main debates. A select bibliography of other writings on pop music analysis adds to the usefulness of the book, which will become a central text in popular music studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Middleton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43562057826365,"sku":"9780198166115","price":173.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780198166115.jpg?v=1788430540","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/reading-pop","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}