Pop idols and pirates : mechanisms of consumption and the global circulation of popular music - Fairchild, Charles, 1967- (Aldershot, Hampshire : Ashgate, 2008)
All of the in-between. The acts and the spaces of consumption ; The medium and materials of popular music -- Bridging the distance between production and consumption. Property and power: CDs, MP3s, and SoundScan ; Mediating and manufacturing the investment in desire -- The spectacle as consumption environment. Constructing the idol empire ; Building the authentic celebrity: the structure of a spectacle ; Becoming who you are: the content of a spectacle
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-177), discography (p. 176-177), filmography (p. 177), and index
Keywords: Music trade -- Social aspects; Popular music -- Social aspects; Piracy (Copyright)