Studying Popular Music

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RICHARD MIDDLETON. Studying Popular Music: Millon Kcynes: The Open Univcrsiiy Press. 1990. 328pp. ISBN (1-335-15276-7

Studying Popular Music is a comprehensive synthesis of the key theoretical and analytical frameworks in popular music studies. With this carefully structured volume, British musicologist Richard Middleton provides a much needed critical overview of a relatively young but rapidly expanding area of research. The book reads as a dense but sharp discussion which, far from dodging issues, addresses even the most ticklish ones. In this, the author's writing stance is especially noteworthy: while Middleton clearly argues his point of view on an issue, he is not attempting …