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Sounds of the underground : a cultural, political, and aesthetic mapping of underground and fringe music

Graham, Stephen (Musicologist) author

Overview

In this book, Stephen Graham examines the largely unexplored terrain of underground music-exploratory forms of music-making, such as noise, free improvisation, and extreme metal, that exist outside or on the fringes of mainstream culture, generally independent from both the market and from traditional high-art institutions. Until now there has been little scholarly discussion of underground music and its cultural, political, and aesthetic importance. In addition to providing a much-needed historical outline of this diverse scene, Stephen Graham focuses on the digital age, showing the underground and its fringes as based largely in radical anti-capitalist politics and aesthetics, tied to the political contexts and structures of late-capitalism. Sounds of the Underground explores these various ideas of separation and capture through interviews and analysis, developing a critical account of both the music and its political and cultural economy.

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Subject: Underground music Social aspects. / Underground music Political aspects. / Underground music History and criticism. / Subculture.
• ISBN: 9780472119752, 9780472121649

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ML3916.G72 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE