{"product_id":"aesthetics-of-pop-music-9781509552030","title":"Aesthetics of Pop Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this short book, the leading German cultural critic Diedrich Diederichsen puts forward a fresh and original account of pop music. He argues that pop music is not so much a form of music as a constellation of different media channels, social spaces and behavioural systems, of which music is only a part. Its own logic of attraction is based less on compositions and the expression of subjectivity and more on indexicality, real or pseudo-involuntary effects as recorded by sound technologies, and on studio discipline and staging, and hence on performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy elaborating his innovative account of pop music as a constellation, Diederichsen develops a theory that distinguishes itself from sociology, cultural studies, media studies and ethnography, while at the same time drawing on and encompassing them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiedrich Diederichsen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theory, Practice and Communication of Contemporary Art at the Vienna Academy for Fine Arts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525872652562,"sku":"9781509552030","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fda8be43-4449-468e-afe4-a57d23fcd7b5.jpg?v=1731246066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aesthetics-of-pop-music-9781509552030","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}