Mediatization in Popular Music Recorded Artifacts - by Alessandro Bratus (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book investigates the relationship between performance, technological mediation, and the sense of live presence through a series of case studies related to popular music products. Bratus explores the crucial significance of live performance for the construction of a perso...

Book Synopsis

This book investigates the relationship between performance, technological mediation, and the sense of live presence through a series of case studies related to popular music products. Bratus explores the crucial significance of live performance for the construction of a personal, intimate relationship between performers and audiences.

Review Quotes

Bratus' book provides a worthwhile contribution to the growing body of research on mediatized uses of music in the popular domain. This book is theoretically strong and well-argued throughout, extending our understanding of several uniquely contemporary phenomena with reference to current theory on musicology, sound studies, media studies, and cultural studies. Bratus is well informed about the issues he discusses, bearing on questions of performance, technology, gender and the body, temporality, authenticity, and other key areas of concern. Anyone interested in delving deeper into current thinking on mediatized performances of popular music in the present historical moment would be advised to read this book.

About the Author

Alessandro Bratusis senior lecturer in the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage at the University of Pavia.