Music Video and the Politics of Representation

Diane Railton; Paul Watson

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

Music Video and the Politics of Representation

Diane Railton and Paul Watson

In the series Music and the Moving Image

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748633241

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About this book

How can we engage critically with music video and its role in popular culture? What do contemporary music videos have to tell us about patterns of cultural identity today?

Based around an eclectic series of vivid case studies, this fresh and timely examination is an entertaining and enlightening analysis of the forms, pleasures, and politics that music videos offer. In rethinking some classic approaches from film studies and popular music studies and connecting them with new debates about the current 'state' of feminism and feminist theory, Railton and Watson show why and how we should be studying music videos in the twenty-first century.

Through its thorough overview of the music video as a visual medium, this is an ideal textbook for Media Studies students and all those with an interest in popular music and cultural studies.

Key Features

Provides a framework for how to describe and analyse a music video.
Uses case studies from internationally well-know artists, such as Kylie, Shakira and Beyoncé to explore issues of representation of gender, sexuality and ethnicity.
Draws on classic and contemporary videos from a range of musical styles, from Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera to Gorillaz and Metallica.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
INTRODUCTION: THE KLEENEXES OF POPULAR CULTURE? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I TOWARDS A CRITICAL VOCABULARY
1. SITUATING MUSIC VIDEO: BETWEEN FEMINISM AND POPULAR CULTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. GENRE AND MUSIC VIDEO: CONFIGURATIONS AND FUNCTIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. MAKING IT REAL: AUTHORSHIP AND AUTHENTICITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
PART II SEXED, RACED AND GENDERED IDENTITY IN MUSIC VIDEO
4. MUSIC VIDEO IN BLACK AND WHITE: RACE AND FEMININITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. THAT LATIN(A) LOOK: PERFORMING ETHNICITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
6. MASCULINITY AND THE ABSENT PRESENCE OF THE MALE BODY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
AFTERWORD: MUSIC VIDEO GOES GAGA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 184
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: July 7, 2011
ISBN: 9780748633241