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Can we get rid of the ‘popular’ in popular music? A virtual symposium with contributions from the International Advisory Editors of Popular Music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Extract

Recently we have been talking in the Editorial Group of the journal about the term ‘popular’, and wondering in particular about its epithetic role next to ‘music’. Some of us have questioned what the term now means, partly because it has been used less and less in media studies and cultural sociology over the last few years. Others have pointed to the fact that it remains a vital concept, even a rallying point, in certain fields such as musicology and politics.

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Middle Eight
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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