July 11th, 2011
Marxism and the Frankfurt School: Serious and popular music- analyzing music
Adorno, Theodor. 1998 [1941]. On Popular Music. From J. Storey (ed.), Cultural theory and popular culture: A reader. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. pp. 197-209.
Frith, Simon. 1991. The cultural study of popular music. In L. Grossberg, C. Nelson, and P. Treichler (eds.) Cultural studies. New York: Routledge. Chapter 11, pp. 174-178.
Oestreich, James R. 2002. Schubertizing the Movies. New York Times. June 30. pp. 1, 26. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/30/arts/music/30OEST.html?pagewanted=all
RECOMMENDED: Adorno, Theodor and Max Horkheimer, “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” [1944], in ed. Simon During, Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1999), pp. 31-41
July 13th, 2011
Postmodernism: The collapse of distinctions
Storey, John. Cultural theory and popular culture, Chapter 7. Postmodernism, pp. 146-170.
Baudrillard, Jean. 1983. The ecstasy of communication. In H. Foster (ed.) The anti-aesthetic: Essays on postmodern culture. Port Townsend WA: Bay Press, pp. 126-134
Seabrook, John. 1999. Nobrow Culture. New Yorker. Sept 20, pp. 104-111.
RECOMMENDED: Gladwell, Malcolm. 1997. The cool hunt. New Yorker. March 17, pp. 78-87. http://www.gladwell.com/1997/1997_03_17_a_cool.htm
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