The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular Culture

The paper deals with the basic form of contemporary popular music, which is considered from a viewpoint that conceptualizes popular culture as a form of supracultural communication. This perspective differs from earlier anthropological interest in music as, above all, grounded in some form of locali...

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Main Author: Bojan Žikić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade 2012-05-01
Series:Etnoantropološki Problemi
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Online Access:http://www.eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/648
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spelling doaj.art-17a2f2441565416d9dfd803af227cd902022-12-21T19:28:55ZengUniversity of BelgradeEtnoantropološki Problemi0353-15892334-88012012-05-017210.21301/eap.v7i2.9The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular CultureBojan Žikić0Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SerbiaThe paper deals with the basic form of contemporary popular music, which is considered from a viewpoint that conceptualizes popular culture as a form of supracultural communication. This perspective differs from earlier anthropological interest in music as, above all, grounded in some form of locality, supposedly traditional and authentic, where in it tries to focus this interest on the meaning of the songs and their reception.http://www.eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/648pop songpopular musicpopular cultureanthropologycultural communication
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The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular Culture
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pop song
popular music
popular culture
anthropology
cultural communication
title The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular Culture
title_full The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular Culture
title_fullStr The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular Culture
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title_short The Pop Song: The Epistolary Form of Popular Culture
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popular music
popular culture
anthropology
cultural communication
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