" Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from the Beatles to One Direction, placing the modern male pop group within the wider context of twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular music and culture. Offering the first extended look at pop masculinity as exhibited by boy bands, this volume links the evolving expressions of gender and sexuality in the boy band to wider economic and social chan ..."
Send in the Clones A Cultural Study of the Tribute Band (Studies in Popular Music) by GeorginaGregory Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2012 by Equinox Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-245-1, ISBN: 1-84553-245-7
"Although musical tributes play a significant role within contemporary culture and despite their relative longevity as a form of entertainment, little serious research has been published on the subject. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as 'ghost', cover and parody bands. It also demonstrates the impact of a cha ..."
"A virtual career coach, this practical handbook offers encouragement, advice, information, and case studies to help students make the most of the opportunities in this very competitive career world. The book can be used as a textual support for careers modules and PDP (Personal Development Planning), graduate workshops, on-line courses and as a departmental or careers library resource. Equally, it works effectively as a self-help guide ..."
Send in the Clones A Cultural Study of the Tribute Band (Studies in Popular Music) by GeorginaGregory Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2012 by Equinox Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-263-5, ISBN: 1-84553-263-5
"Although musical tributes play a significant role within contemporary culture and despite their relative longevity as a form of entertainment, little serious research has been published on the subject. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as 'ghost', cover and parody bands. It also demonstrates the impact of a cha ..."
"Written for students, graduates and academics from the disciplines of film, media and related subjects, and for those from other disciplines who want to break into the media, this book is a virtual career coach and an employability course all in one package. A practical handbook, it offers encouragement, advice, information and case studies to help students to make the most of the opportunities in this very competitive career world. T ..."
Feelings in Staccato The book of stories by GeorginaGregory Softcover, Published 2021 by Maria Grigorescu ISBN-13: 978-0-645-23027-7, ISBN: 0-645-23027-8
"Relocating Popular Music uses the lens of colonialism and tourism to analyse types of music movements, such as transporting music from one place or historical period to another, hybridising it with a different style and furnishing it with new meaning. It discusses music in relation to music video, film, graphic arts, fashion and architecture."
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with the speed at which technology advances' (www.skillset.org/skillset/press/
2004/article_2980_1.asp). In the most popular areas of employment, where there
are more graduates looking for work than there are jobs for them, employers can
afford to be extremely choosy. This is particularly noticeable in the film industry.
At a Skillset careers event ( ..."
"Age is no protector, as with the demise of Emap's 28yearold Smash Hits in
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Exploring the Spiritual in Popular Music Beatified Beats (Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music) by Gregory, Georgina Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 2022 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-19870-8, ISBN: 1-350-19870-6
"This book fills that gap with chapters exploring the challenges of defining the boy band phenomenon, its origins and history from the 1940s to the present, the role of management and marketing, the performance of gender and sexuality, and ..."
Studies in Popular Music Send in the Clones: a Cultural Study of the Tribute Band by GeorginaGregory 172 Pages, Published 2012 by Equinox Publishing (Uk) ISBN-13: 978-1-78179-015-1, ISBN: 1-78179-015-9
"Send in the Clones makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as OCyghostOCO, cover and parody bands."