Acknowledgments

Music Talk

The Value Problem in Cultural Studies

The Sociological Response

Common Sense and the Language of Criticism

Genre Rules

On Music Itself

Where Do Sounds Come From?

Rhythm: Race, Sex, and the Body

Rhythm: Time, Sex, and the Mind

Songs as Texts

The Voice

Performance

Technology and Authority

Why Music Matters

The Meaning of Music

Toward a Popular Aesthetic

Notes

Index

Simon Frith, Tovey Professor of Music at the University of Edingburgh, has written extensively on pop music and culture for the Village Voice and the Sunday Times of London. He is the author of the contemporary classic Sound Effects.