Cambridge companion to pop and rock

Various writers chart the changing patterns in the production and consumption of popular music, tracking the emergence of a vast industry with a turnover of billions and following the rise of global starts from Elvis to Public Enemy, Nirvana to the Spice Girls. They trace the way new technologies - from the amplifier to the internet - have changed the sounds and practice of pop and they analyse the way maverick entrepreneurs have been replaced by multimedia corporations. In particular they focus on the controversial issues concerning race and ethnicity, politics, gender and globalisation.