The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Youth Culture

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Youth Culture provides a comprehensive and fully up-to-date overview of key themes and debates relating to the academic study of popular music and youth culture. While this is a highly popular and rapidly expanding field of research, there currently exists no single-source reference book for those interested in this topic. The handbook is comprised of 32 original chapters written by leading authors in the field of popular music and youth culture and covers a range of topics including: theory; method; historical perspectives; genre; audience; media; globalization; ageing and generation.

Author: Andy Bennett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 01/26/2023
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.20lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9781501333699
ISBN10: 1501333690
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Music | Reference

About the Author
Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia. A leading international figure in sociological studies of popular music and youth culture, he has written and edited numerous books including Popular Music and Youth Culture, Music, Style and Aging, and Music Scenes. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sociology between 2009 and 2012, and is currently a member of the Editorial Boards for the journals Cultural Sociology, Journal of Youth Studies, Continuum, Sociology Compass, Perfect Beat and Canadian Journal of Popular Culture.