Rock Brands Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture

, by Christian, Elizabeth Barfoot; Adolphson, Jeremy V.; Batchelor, Bob; Bertrand, Michael; Cole, Hazel James; Conaway, Charles; Davis, Daniel Cochece; Delaney, Bryan P.; Givens-Carroll, Dedria; Kettler, Heidi M.; Lambiase, Jacqueline; McClain, Jordan; Nash-Wo

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ISBN: 9780739146354 | 0739146351
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/22/2010

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Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, edited by Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, is a collection that explores how different genres of popular music are branded and marketed today.

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Introduction	p. xi
Leaving a Lasting Impression-Why Branding Works	p. 1
Kiss Your Money Goodbye: Why Fans Can't Get Enough of the Biggest Rock Brand in History	p. 3
Highway to Heavenly Profits: The Marriage of AC/DC and Walmart	p. 23
The Family Osbourne: A Narrative of Domesticity Tames and Enriches the Godfather of Heavy Metal	p. 39
"Moving Her Hips, Like, Yeah": Can Miley Survive the Hannah Brand?	p. 57
Birds of a Feather? Positioning Phish in Relation to the Grateful Dead in Rolling Stone Album Reviews	p. 79
Fandom of the Internet: Musician Communication with Fans	p. 101
Image Is Everything-How Religion and Politics Play in Pop Music Culture	p. 117
Manson's R + J: Shakespeare, Marilyn Manson, and the Fine Art of Scapegoating	p. 119
Leading People to Rock: Evangelism in the Music of Bon Jovi	p. 139
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me: Christian Heavy Metal and the Problem of Authenticity	p. 153
Sight and Sound: How a Louis Vuitton Advertisement Defines Rock and Roll	p. 177
Kanye West: A Critical Analysis of Mass Media's Representation of a Cultural Icon's Rhetoric and Celebrity	p. 195
Country Crooners and FOX News: Country Music and the FOX Brand	p. 213
Outlasting Your 15 Minutes-Making the Medium Work for You in Life and Death	p. 233
"If You Catch Me at the Border I Got Visas in My Name": Borders, Boundaries, and the Production of M.I.A.	p. 235
Your "American Idol": The Intersection Between Reality Television, Ideology and the Music Industry in Popular Culture	p. 255
Gaming the Guitar: Aerosmith, Metallica, The Beatles, and the Music Video Game Revolution	p. 273
How Much Does It Cost If It's Free? The Selling (Out) of Elvis Presley	p. 291
When Death Goes Digital: Michael Jackson, Twenty-First Century Celebrity Death, and the Hero's Journey	p. 325
Acknowledgments	p. 339
Index	p. 341
About the Contributors	p. 349
About the Editor	p. 353
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Rock Brands Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture

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