Unfree Masters: Popular Music and the Politics of Work
- Author: Stahl, Matt
After reading this book one will understand well why major record companies are in trouble today-and will probably not be very sympathetic with their plight. Summing Up: Highly recommended."... — More…
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$35.75Contents
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Popular Music and (Creative) Labor 1
- Part I: Representation 31
- 1. American Idol and Narratives of Meritocracy 36
- 2. Rockumentary and the New Model Worker 64
- Part II: Regulation 101
- 3. Carving Out Recording Artists from California's Seven-Year Rule 105
- 4. Freedom, Unfreedom, and the Rhetoric of the Recording Contract 143
- 5. Recordings Artists, Work for Hire, Employment, and Appropriation 182
- Conclusion: "I'm Free!" 226
- Notes 235
- Bibliography 269
- Index 283