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“The Way We Were: Rethinking the Popular in a Flat World,” Analitica/Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale, 2016, vol. 1/2, 59-72.
- Author(s):
- John Covach (see profile)
- Date:
- 2016
- Group(s):
- Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG)
- Subject(s):
- Americans--Social life and customs, History, Culture--Study and teaching, United States, Musicology, Popular music
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- American cultural history, American cultural studies, Popular Music Studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/6qft-y519
- Abstract:
- This article considers the historical rise of the high/low brow distinction in American culture since the late 19th century, and posits that the emergence of digital technology and the internet have created something more like a "flat world" in which the low/high distinction is transformed.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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