The Intellect handbook of popular music methodologies

The Handbook of Popular Music Methodologies provides a comprehensive overview of methodological approaches with regards popular music studies. Alongside contributions from key thinkers already established in popular music studies, the strength of the collection lies in its inclusion of many new and emerging writers in the field. Therefore, the collection incorporates a wide range of practitioners, pedagogues and academics from a extensive range of disciplines, and thus drawing from a diversity of methodological approaches. These include those that are perhaps more established, such as semiotics, ethnography and psychology, alongside exciting new approaches within popular music. These include, eco-musicology, popular music and religion, intersectionality, archeology and cybernetics. A particular section also looks at the importance of popular music studies within the ‘virtual,’ including chapters on composition and artificial intelligence, livestreaming and esports. Although previous books have provided an overall of concepts studied within popular music studies, this will be the first comprehensive Handbook of popular music methodologies.