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Pop Cult: Religion and Popular Music
Author(s): Rupert Till (Author)
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publication Date: 30 Sept. 2010
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 230 pages
- ISBN-10: 0826432360
- ISBN-13: 9780826432360
Book Description
Pop Cult investigates the ways in which popular music and its surrounding culture have become a primary site for the location of meaning, belief and identity. It provides an introduction to the history of the interactions of vernacular music and religion, and the role of music in religious culture.
Rupert Till explores the cults of heavy metal, pop stars, club culture and virtual popular music worlds, investigating the sex, drug, local and death cults of the sacred popular, and their relationships with traditional religions.
He concludes by discussing how and why popular music cultures have taken on many of the roles of traditional religions in contemporary society.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Till strikes just the right tone, takes a balanced and fascinating approach to his material, and has written an incisive and accessible book on the subject. This book is highly recommended, not just for scholars of music and popular culture, but for undergraduates and casual readers as well. –Religious Studies Review, Marc DiPaolo, Oklahoma City University
About the Author
Pop Cult investigates the ways in which popular music and its surrounding culture have become a primary site for the location of meaning, belief and identity. It provides an introduction to the history of the interactions of vernacular music and religion, and the role of music in religious culture.
Rupert Till explores the cults of heavy metal, pop stars, club culture and virtual popular music worlds, investigating the sex, drug, local and death cults of the sacred popular, and their relationships with traditional religions.
He concludes by discussing how and why popular music cultures have taken on many of the roles of traditional religions in contemporary society.
