Weekly Readings
Please note: this list includes sections from
Rock Music Styles: A History as well as articles from the course reader.
Week 1, 24 July: Introduction
Hesmondhalgh, David and Negus, Keith. “Popular music studies: meaning, power and value.” Popular Music Studies. Hesmondhalgh, David, and Negus, Keith, eds. London: Arnold, 2002. 1-10.
Billboard. ”Billboard musical milestones.” November 27, 2004. 16-17.
Week 2, 31 July: Postmodernism and Music Analysis
Alper, Garth. “Making sense out of postmodern music?” Popular Music and Society. 24.4 (2000): 1-14.
Walser, Robert. “Forging masculinities: heavy metal sounds and images of gender.” Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader. Frith, Simon, and Goodwin, Andrew, eds. London: Routledge, 1993. 153-179.
Week 3, 7 August: Technology
Coleman, Mark, “Sudden death of the record.” Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines, and Money. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003. 155-176.
Katz, Mark. “Music in 1s and 0s: the art and politics of digital sampling.” Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 137-157.
Week 4, 14 August: Industry
McCourt, Tom, and Rothenbuhler, Eric, “SoundScan and the consolidation of control in the popular music industry.” Media, Culture & Society. 19.2 (1997). 201-218.
Burkart, Patrick. “Loose integration in the popular music industry.” Popular Music and Society. 28.4 (2005). 489-500.
Week 5, 21 August: Music Video
Charlton, “Chapter 21: MTV and superstars of the eighties.” 331-339.
Negus, Keith. “The production of video.” Producing Pop: Culture and Conflict in the Popular Music Industry. London: Edward Arnold, 1992. 93-100.
Vernallis, Carol. “Connections among music, image, and lyrics.” Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.175-198.
Week 6, 28 August: Punk
Charlton. “Chapter 17: Punk rock and new wave.” 267-283
Thompson, Stacy. “Market failure: punk economics, early and late.” College Literature. 28.2 (2001). 28-64.
Moore, Ryan. “Postmodernism and punk subculture: cultures of authenticity and deconstruction.” The Communication Review. 7 (2004). 305–327.
Week 7, 4 September: Hip Hop
Charlton. “Chapter 20: Hip hop and rap”. 317-329
Lipsitz, George. “Diasporic noise: history, hip-hop, and the post-colonial politics of sound.” Popular Culture: Production and Consumption. Harrington, C. Lee, and Bielby, Denise D., eds. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001.180-199.
Katz, Mark. “The turntable as weapon: understanding the DJ battle.” Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 114-136.
Week 8, 11 September: Metal
Charlton. “American heavy metal.” 244-253.
Walser, Robert. “Mysticism and postmodernism in heavy metal.” Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1993. 151-171.
Harris, Keith. “‘Roots’?: the relationship between the global and the local within the extreme metal scene.” Popular Music. 19.1 (2000). 13-30.
Week 9, 18 September: Dance and Electronica
Charlton, “Chapter 24: Major trends of the eighties and nineties.” 345-365.
Hesmondalgh, David. “International times: fusions, exoticism, and anti-racism in electronic dance music.” Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. Born, Georgina, and Hesmondalgh, David, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 280-304.
Monroe, Alexei. “Thinking about mutation: genres in 1990s electronica.” Living Through Pop. Ed, Blake, Andrew. London: Routledge, 1999.146-158.
Week 10, 2 October: World music
Guilbault, Jocelyne. “World music.” The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock. Frith, Simon, and Straw, Will, and Street, John, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 176-192.
Frith, Simon. “The discourse of world music.” Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. Born, Georgina, and Hesmondalgh, David, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 305-322.
Week 11, 9 October: Feminism and rock
Daugherty, Rebecca. “The spirit of '77: punk and the girl revolution.” Women & Music Annual (2002). 27-35.
Schilt, Kristen. “‘A little too ironic’: the appropriation and packaging of riot girl politics by mainstream female musicians.” Popular Music and Society. 26.1 (2003). 5-16.
Week 12, 16 October: Indie Rock
Frank, Tom. “Alternative to what?” Popular Culture: Production and Consumption. Harrington, C. Lee, and Bielby, Denise D., eds. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001. 94-105.
Hibbett, Ryan. “What is indie rock?” Popular Music and Society. 28.1 (2005). 55-76.
Week 13, 23 October: Australian Independent Labels and Globalisation
Young, Greg. “Communication Australian pop music.” Media International Australia. 79 (1996).103-114.
Letts, Richard. “Appendix 1: Australia” The Effects of Globalisation on Music in Five Contrasting Countries: Australia, Germany, Nigeria, the Philippines and Uruguay. Music Council of Australia Report of a research project for the ManyMusics program of the International Music Council, 2003. 21-33.
Rock Music Styles: A History as well as articles from the course reader.
Week 1, 24 July: Introduction
Hesmondhalgh, David and Negus, Keith. “Popular music studies: meaning, power and value.” Popular Music Studies. Hesmondhalgh, David, and Negus, Keith, eds. London: Arnold, 2002. 1-10.
Billboard. ”Billboard musical milestones.” November 27, 2004. 16-17.
Week 2, 31 July: Postmodernism and Music Analysis
Alper, Garth. “Making sense out of postmodern music?” Popular Music and Society. 24.4 (2000): 1-14.
Walser, Robert. “Forging masculinities: heavy metal sounds and images of gender.” Sound and Vision: The Music Video Reader. Frith, Simon, and Goodwin, Andrew, eds. London: Routledge, 1993. 153-179.
Week 3, 7 August: Technology
Coleman, Mark, “Sudden death of the record.” Playback: From the Victrola to MP3, 100 Years of Music, Machines, and Money. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2003. 155-176.
Katz, Mark. “Music in 1s and 0s: the art and politics of digital sampling.” Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 137-157.
Week 4, 14 August: Industry
McCourt, Tom, and Rothenbuhler, Eric, “SoundScan and the consolidation of control in the popular music industry.” Media, Culture & Society. 19.2 (1997). 201-218.
Burkart, Patrick. “Loose integration in the popular music industry.” Popular Music and Society. 28.4 (2005). 489-500.
Week 5, 21 August: Music Video
Charlton, “Chapter 21: MTV and superstars of the eighties.” 331-339.
Negus, Keith. “The production of video.” Producing Pop: Culture and Conflict in the Popular Music Industry. London: Edward Arnold, 1992. 93-100.
Vernallis, Carol. “Connections among music, image, and lyrics.” Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.175-198.
Week 6, 28 August: Punk
Charlton. “Chapter 17: Punk rock and new wave.” 267-283
Thompson, Stacy. “Market failure: punk economics, early and late.” College Literature. 28.2 (2001). 28-64.
Moore, Ryan. “Postmodernism and punk subculture: cultures of authenticity and deconstruction.” The Communication Review. 7 (2004). 305–327.
Week 7, 4 September: Hip Hop
Charlton. “Chapter 20: Hip hop and rap”. 317-329
Lipsitz, George. “Diasporic noise: history, hip-hop, and the post-colonial politics of sound.” Popular Culture: Production and Consumption. Harrington, C. Lee, and Bielby, Denise D., eds. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001.180-199.
Katz, Mark. “The turntable as weapon: understanding the DJ battle.” Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. 114-136.
Week 8, 11 September: Metal
Charlton. “American heavy metal.” 244-253.
Walser, Robert. “Mysticism and postmodernism in heavy metal.” Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1993. 151-171.
Harris, Keith. “‘Roots’?: the relationship between the global and the local within the extreme metal scene.” Popular Music. 19.1 (2000). 13-30.
Week 9, 18 September: Dance and Electronica
Charlton, “Chapter 24: Major trends of the eighties and nineties.” 345-365.
Hesmondalgh, David. “International times: fusions, exoticism, and anti-racism in electronic dance music.” Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. Born, Georgina, and Hesmondalgh, David, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 280-304.
Monroe, Alexei. “Thinking about mutation: genres in 1990s electronica.” Living Through Pop. Ed, Blake, Andrew. London: Routledge, 1999.146-158.
Week 10, 2 October: World music
Guilbault, Jocelyne. “World music.” The Cambridge Companion to Pop and Rock. Frith, Simon, and Straw, Will, and Street, John, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 176-192.
Frith, Simon. “The discourse of world music.” Western Music and Its Others: Difference, Representation, and Appropriation in Music. Born, Georgina, and Hesmondalgh, David, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. 305-322.
Week 11, 9 October: Feminism and rock
Daugherty, Rebecca. “The spirit of '77: punk and the girl revolution.” Women & Music Annual (2002). 27-35.
Schilt, Kristen. “‘A little too ironic’: the appropriation and packaging of riot girl politics by mainstream female musicians.” Popular Music and Society. 26.1 (2003). 5-16.
Week 12, 16 October: Indie Rock
Frank, Tom. “Alternative to what?” Popular Culture: Production and Consumption. Harrington, C. Lee, and Bielby, Denise D., eds. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2001. 94-105.
Hibbett, Ryan. “What is indie rock?” Popular Music and Society. 28.1 (2005). 55-76.
Week 13, 23 October: Australian Independent Labels and Globalisation
Young, Greg. “Communication Australian pop music.” Media International Australia. 79 (1996).103-114.
Letts, Richard. “Appendix 1: Australia” The Effects of Globalisation on Music in Five Contrasting Countries: Australia, Germany, Nigeria, the Philippines and Uruguay. Music Council of Australia Report of a research project for the ManyMusics program of the International Music Council, 2003. 21-33.
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