Rocking Around the Clock: Music Television, Postmodernism, and Consumer Culture

by E. Ann Kaplan

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The first non-stop rock video channel was launched in the US in 1981. As a unique popular culture form, MTV warrants attention, and in this, the first study of the medium, originally published in 1987, Ann Kaplan examines the cultural context of MTV and its relationship to the history of rock music. The first part of the book focuses on MTV as a commercial institution, on the contexts of production and exhibition of videos, on their similarity...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0416333907

ISBN13:9780416333909

Release Date:January 1987

Publisher:Methuen Publishing

Length:196 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:4.7" x 11.8" x 13.8"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Communication Communication & Journalism Communications Education & Reference Film & Television Guides & Reviews Humor & Entertainment Music Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences Television Words, Language & Grammar

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