{"product_id":"9781501339301","title":"Selling Out : Culture, Commerce and Popular Music","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSelling Out\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Bethany Klein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between popular music and consumer brands has never been so cosy. Product placement abounds in music videos, popular music provides the soundtrack to countless commercials, social media platforms offer musicians tools for perpetual promotion, and corporate-sponsored competitions lure aspiring musicians to vie for exposure. Activities that once attracted charges of 'selling out' are now considered savvy, or even ordinary, strategies for artists to be heard and make a living. What forces have encouraged musicians to become willing partners of consumer brands? At what cost? And how do changes in popular music culture reflect broader trends of commercialization? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelling Out \u003c\/i\u003etraces the evolution of 'selling out' debates in popular music culture and considers what might be lost when the boundary between culture and commerce is dismissed as a relic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In popular music, who is a sellout, who is allowed to be a sellout, and how has talk about musicians 'selling out' changed over time? Engaging with examples such as The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, the Clash, Nirvana, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga, Bethany Klein offers an historically informed, nuanced and engaging analysis of the complicated relationship of commerce and popular culture.” —\u003ci\u003eMatthew P. McAllister, Professor of Media Studies, Penn State University, USA, and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture (2013)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In a moment when branding, advertising, and commercialism dominate popular music, \u003ci\u003eSelling Out\u003c\/i\u003e makes a powerful claim: that far from being passé, the idea of “selling out” is as important as ever, and protects something fundamental about music and music making.” —\u003ci\u003eDevon Powers, Associate Professor of Advertising, Temple University, USA, and author of Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism (2013)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501339301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40732001370318,"sku":"9781501339301","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_44c0869d-001d-4e45-94a0-881088802ba2.jpg?v=1641188606","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501339301","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}