TY - BOOK ID - 143792986 TI - The Bloomsbury handbook of rock music research AU - Moore, Allan F. AU - Carr, Paul PY - 2020 SN - 1501330470 1501330489 1501330462 PB - New York : [London, England] : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Rock music KW - History and criticism. KW - Social aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:143792986 AB - "The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock is the first comprehensive academic survey of the field of rock music as it stands today. More than 50 years into its life and we still ask - what is rock music, why is it studied, and how does it work, both as music and as cultural activity? This volume draws together 37 of the leading academics working on rock to provide answers to these questions and many more. The text is divided into four major sections: practice of rock (analysis, performance, and recording); theories; business of rock; and social and culture issues. Each chapter combines two approaches, providing a summary of current knowledge of the area concerned as well as the consequences of that research and suggesting profitable subsequent directions to take. This text investigates and presents the field at a level of depth worthy of something which has had such a pervasive influence on the lives of millions"-- ER -