TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fairchild,Charles
TI  - Pop idols and pirates: mechanisms of consumption and the global circulation of popular music 
T2  - Ashgate popular and folk music series
SN  - 9780754663836 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Aldershot, Hampshire
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Music trade
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Popular music
KW  - Piracy (Copyright)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-177), discography (p. 176-177), filmography (p. 177), and index; 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
ER  -