*Nominated for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Book Prize*Partly because they are the objects of such intense adulation by fans popular musicians remain strangely enigmatic figures; shrouded in mythology. This book looks beyond the myth and examines the diverse roles music makers have had to adopt in order to go about their work: designer; ventriloquist; star; delegate of the people. The musician is a divided subject and jack of all trades.However the story does not end here. Arguing against that strand in cultural studies which deconstructs all claims for authorship by the individual artist; Jason Toynbee suggests that creativity should be reconceived rather than abandoned. He argues that what is needed is a sense of the radius of creativity within which musicians work; an approach that takes into account both the embedded collectivism of popular music practice and the institutional power of the music industries.Drawing on a wide range of theoretical positions; as well as examining musical texts from across the history of twentieth-century pop;this groundbreaking book develops a powerful case for the importance of production in contemporary culture. Students of cultural and media studies; music and the performing arts will find this book an invaluable resource.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Well received as a gift for a friend. Paired ...By NotquitemonroeWell received as a gift for a friend. Paired this gift with the "I dont need a license to carry my 9mm" T-shirt.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Poor Technique. Lazy ShapingBy DuffThe ideas are cute and I appreciate the section on how to mount them but the rest of the book is lacking. The shaping techniques are extremely basis. pretty much everything is a cylinder or a circle. For example there is a duck in the book. the bill is done as cylinder. It makes his face look like a soup can. Many of the animals have unrealistic proportions to avoid having increases and decreases to make more appropriate curves shapes of beaks. snouts. etc. I am an advanced crocheter and bought this book more for inspiration. I dont need patterns for amigurumi. but for people that need patterns I would suggest looking elsewhere.5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Cute faux taxidermy crochet projectsBy iiiireaderThis is a cute and different type of amigurumi. Rather than crocheting a whole animal. the idea is to crochet just its head and mount it on a block of wood. It is a humorous take on taxidermy. While I would not have an animal head mounted in my house for a variety of reasons (not least of all is the wall space). I would be happy to make some of these to place in spots (such as the powder room) or to make as gifts for others.The projects are cute and cover a wide range of animals. The photographs are very well done and presented the projects well. The chapters are broken into types of animals: Woodland. Farm. Zoo. Safari and Under the Sea. The ocean creatures were full body rather than just the head.The projects are set up around worsted weight yarn (4) but I could not see where the exact yarns used for the projects were listed. It may be because I received an advance copy and some of the last pages in it were blank. The hook size was included but there was no gauge reference. That is not unusual for amigurumi. As I have loose tension in my crochet. I generally go down a size in hooks but that is my own personal preference.The instructions are written in US crochet terms. There are no visual charts. There also were no conversion charts to European crochet terms. You can generally find those in a search on the internet but it would have been nice to have included it in the book. Otherwise. the instructions are well done and complete with lots of photographs and illustrations to provide step by step stitches for crochet as well as how to build the wall mount and complete the projects.I was provided a temporary digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher. Storey Publishing. LLC . via Netgalley.
