{"product_id":"9798765122914","title":"Synth-Pop and Its Repercussions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSynth-Pop and Its Repercussions\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGeoff Stahl | Nabeel Zuberi | Holly Kruse\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Genres \u0026amp; Styles \/ Electronic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection explores synth-pop's sounds and its hooks, new  technologies and production techniques, its media and imagery, its  ideologies and discourses about art and culture, society and politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynth-pop is a loose rubric that includes DIY electronic music, post-punk and sounds shot through with the tropes of futurism and dystopia during the Cold War and early neoliberalism that Mark Fisher has called \"the eerie.” Synth-pop also refers to melodic hits and chart toppers such as those by a-ha, Bronski Beat, The Buggles, Eurythmics, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Tears for Fears, Ultravox, Visage and Yazoo. This book covers synth-pop broadly defined, considering everything between its most rough-hewn and naive forms to its glossier, sophisticated incarnations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection follows synth-pop's international circuits, not only in the UK and the US, but in Poland, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Germany, Australia, India, and through migrations and diasporas; and it opens up local, national and transnational developments and influences with critical and interdisciplinary approaches from musicology, media studies and cultural studies, among others. The volume brings together contributions that critically examine synth-pop in relation to the histories of music genres, gender, sexuality, race, class, the human, technology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Stahl \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Media \u0026amp; Communication at Te Herenga Waka\/Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa\/New Zealand. His publications include: \u003ci\u003ePoor, But Sexy: Reflections on Berlin Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eMade in Australia and Aotearoa\/New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eNocturnes: Popular Music and the Night \u003c\/i\u003e(2019\u003ci\u003e), Mixing Pop \u0026amp; Politics: Political Dimensions of Popular Music in the 21st Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2022), and \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music, Space and Place\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2022).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNabeel Zuberi \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in Media and Screen Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau \/University of Auckland,  Aotearoa\/New Zealand. Nabeel's publications include \u003ci\u003eSounds English: Transnational Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eMedia Studies in Aotearoa\/New Zealand 1 \u0026amp; 2\u003c\/i\u003e (2004, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eBlack Popular Music in Britain since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolly Kruse\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Communications at Rogers State University, USA. She is author of \u003ci\u003eSite and Sound: Understanding Independent Music Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eOff-Track and Online: The Networked Spaces of Horse Racing\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798765122914\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331230728332,"sku":"9798765122914","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2c05f590-6788-4cad-90ce-e9767cd085e7.jpg?v=1783595348","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798765122914","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}