Stahl Unfree Masters

Popular Music and the Politics of Work
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9577-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Reihe: Refiguring American music

In Unfree Masters, Matt Stahl examines recording artists' labor in the music industry as a form of creative work. He argues that the widespread perception of singers and musicians as free individuals doing enjoyable and fulfilling work obscures the realities of their occupation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stahl, Matt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Musikindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Popular Music and (Creative) Labor 1

Part I: Representation 31

1. American Idol and Narratives of Meritocracy 36

2. Rockumentary and the New Model Worker 64

Part II: Regulation 101

3. Carving Out Recording Artists from California's Seven-Year Rule 105

4. Freedom, Unfreedom, and the Rhetoric of the Recording Contract 143

5. Recordings Artists, Work for Hire, Employment, and Appropriation 182

Conclusion: "I'm Free!" 226

Notes 235

Bibliography 269

Index 283

Über Autor(innen)

Matt Stahl is Assistant Professor of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.