| By: |
Alexandra Kolesnik (National Research University Higher School of Economics) |
| Abstract: |
This paper investigates the basic mechanisms of representation of the past in
British popular music in the early 2000s. Changes in the music industry
associated with the emerging and wide dissemination of new media has affected
the search for new musical decisions, reformatting attitudes to the past in
general, and to the musical past in particular. In this regard, questions of
historical representations in popular music and their relationship with
cultural heritage are closely interrelated. This paper analyses the mechanisms
and formats of ‘working’ with the past in British popular music of the 2000s
using examples from the London rock band, the Libertines. The author draws
conclusions about structure of historical representations in popular music and
their typology. The use of popular music studies approach is suggested to
analyze mechanisms of representation of the past and broaden the concept of
popular music. |
| Keywords: |
popular culture, popular music, cultural heritage, representations of the past, popular music studies, the Libertines |
| JEL: |
Z |
| Date: |
2014 |
| URL: |
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hig:wpaper:54hum2014 |