Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture

by Andrew Goodwin

Book Overview

Cultural Studies

"Entertaining proof that good sense means good theory, this book is the first to treat music TV as vision and sound. Academically, I had most fun applauding Andrew Goodwin's elegant skewering of postmodernists; as a rock fan I was constantly startled by Goodwin's exposes of my most deeply held prejudices. I'm now convinced; there's much more to MTV than meets the eye."

Simon Frith

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816620636
• ISBN13: 9780816620630
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"