Fairchild, Charles: Pop Idols & Pirates (Ashgate Books) Hardback

Contents

Contents: Intoduction: industrial-strength strawmen; Part I All of the In-Between: The acts and the spaces of consumption; The medium and materials of popular music. Part II Bridging the Distance Between Production and Consumption: Property and power: CDs, MP3s and SoundScan; Mediating and manufacturing the investment in desire. Part III The Spectacle as Consumption Environment: Constructing the 'idol' empire; Building the authentic celebrity: the structure of a spectacle; Becoming who you are: the content of a spectacle; Conclusion: why 'idol'?; Bibliography; Index.