Globalization, Music and Cultures of Distinction The Rise of Pop Mus
This book is the first comprehensive account of how Anglo-American popular music transformed Italian cultural life. Drawing on neglected archival materials, the author explores the rise of new musical tastes and social divisions in late twentieth cen
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Globalization, Music and Cultures of Distinction
Simone Varriale
Globalization, Music and Cultures of Distinction The Rise of Pop Music Criticism in Italy
Simone Varriale University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-56449-8 ISBN 978-1-137-56450-4 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-56450-4
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Acknowledgments
The research for this book started at the end of 2010, but the pop music press has been with me for much longer. My work about the early days of this cultural institution is first and foremost indebted to all the critics I’ve been reading during the last twenty years, including those I write about in this book and those I worked and argued with during the late 2000s, when I used to write for Italian music web-zines. Other people deserve gratitude for helping me turn this part of my everyday life into an object of sociological investigation. Deborah Lynn Steinberg has provided invaluable support during my Ph.D. and early steps as a post-doctoral researcher; Claudio Bisoni was the first to suggest, back in 2009, that Italian music magazines could become the subject of a Ph.D. proposal (although perhaps not in Italy). Finally, Bob Carter helped me settle into sociology and social theory during my early days as a Ph.D. student at Warwick, when these were pretty much new languages for me (along with English). Several friends have listened to my ramblings about music magazines for way too long. I’m indebted to Albi, Giorgio Busi-Rizzi, Chi
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