{"product_id":"rock-this-way-9780472056286","title":"Rock This Way","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAny and all songs are capable of being remixed. But not all remixes are treated equally. \u003cem\u003eRock This Way\u003c\/em\u003e examines transformative musical works - cover songs, remixes, mash-ups, parodies, and soundalike songs - to discover what contemporary American culture sees as legitimate when it comes to making music that builds upon other songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRock This Way\u003c\/i\u003e provides one of the best and most nuanced discussions of the ethics of creativity I have seen in relation to popular music. The choice of examples is rich and interesting; the lively language is clear, fluent and funny; and the interdisciplinary approach is skillful. This is a fantastic book.\" - Larisa Kingston Mann, Temple University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Rock This Way, or The Shape of Musical Norms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Judge a Song by its Cover: Cover Songs Between Transformation and Extraction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Stir It Up: Remix and the Problem of Genre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Monstrous Mash: Mashups and the Epistemology of Difference\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Fight for Your Right to Parody: Parodies and the Cultural Politics of Kindness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Feels like the First Time: The Politics and Poetics of Similarity in Soundalikes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion: Toward a Theory of Ethical Transformative Musical Works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eData Appendix\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037099458903,"sku":"9780472056286","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472056286.jpg?v=1750934411","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rock-this-way-9780472056286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}