{"product_id":"karaoke-idols-popular-music-and-the-performance-of-identity-9781783204441","title":"Karaoke Idols: Popular Music and the Performance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost ethnographers don’t achieve what Kevin Brown did while conducting their research: in his two years spent at a karaoke bar near Denver, Colorado, he went from barely able to carry a tune to someone whom other karaoke patrons requested to sing. Along the way, he learned everything you might ever want to know about karaoke and the people who enjoy it.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe result is \u003cem\u003eKaraoke Idols\u003c\/em\u003e, a close ethnography of life at a karaoke bar that reveals just what we are doing when we take up the mic – and how we shape our identities, especially in terms of gender, ethnicity, and class, through performances in everyday life. Marrying a comprehensive introduction to the history of public singing and karaoke with a rich analysis of karaoke performers and the community that their shared performances generate, \u003cem\u003eKaraoke Idols\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for both the casual reader and the scholar: a fascinating exploration of our urge to perform and the intersection of technology and culture that makes it so seductively easy to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrown’s volume is marked by clarity of research goals (and approach) and an engaging writing style.  This book will be especially valuable to those who are new to performance studies ethnography.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- M. Goldsmith, CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOverture\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: My Way\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Turning Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Boys Don’t Cry\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Paint It Black\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Friends in Low Places\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Sweet Caroline\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFinale\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Karaoke as Performance Reactivation by Philip Auslander \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042263269719,"sku":"9781783204441","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/karaoke-idols-popular-music-and-the-performance-of-identity-9781783204441","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}