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Desert Island Discs has run on BBC radio since 1942 and its archive is now accessible. This book is the first to assess the programme from a scholarly perspective. Chapters by musicologists, sociologists, and media scholars are complemented by personal spins by 'castaways', who reflect on talking publicly about the role of music in their lives.

Defining the Discographic Self

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A Hardback by Julie Brown, Nicholas Cook, Stephen Cottrell

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    Publisher: OUP Oxford
    Publication Date: 11/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780197266175, 978-0197266175
    ISBN10: 0197266177
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    Radio / podcasts Theory of music and musicology Sociology: sport and leisure

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Desert Island Discs has run on BBC radio since 1942 and its archive is now accessible. This book is the first to assess the programme from a scholarly perspective. Chapters by musicologists, sociologists, and media scholars are complemented by personal spins by 'castaways', who reflect on talking publicly about the role of music in their lives.

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