Prolegomena for the Critical Study of Popular Music
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- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) in Canadian Journal of Communication
- Vol. 11 (1) , 17-34
- https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.1985v11n1a324
Abstract
Among the areas that could or should be studied from the perspective of critical communication, popular music is among those that have received the least attention. As Taylor and Laing have remarked: "popular music remains poor relation in cultural theory, usually being tagged onto a list in which film or television takes pride of place." A reason for this neglect, Taylor and Laing continue, "is its lack of status.. .which has the effect that rock is usually studied or taught in odd corners of the curriculum ... In addition, music as such poses great problems in the determination of meaning and signification" (Taylor and Laing, 1979, 43).Keywords
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