Proceedings of the British Academy: Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context (Volume 211)

Brown, J. (ed)

ISBN 10: 0197266177 / ISBN 13: 9780197266175

Published by Oxford University Press, 2017

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Volume 211. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780197266175.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Proceedings of the British Academy: Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context (Volume 211)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197266177
• ISBN 13: 9780197266175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 750 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music, Dance, Theatre & Opera

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Synopsis

The radio programme Desert Island Discs has run almost continuously since 1942, and represents a unique record of the changing place of music in British society. In 2011, recognising its iconic status, the BBC created an online archive that includes podcasts of all programmes from 1976 on, and many from earlier years. Based on this and extensive documentary evidence, Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context for the first time brings together musicologists, sociologists, and media scholars in one volume. They reflect on the programme's significance, its position within the BBC and Britain's continually evolving media, and its relationship to other comparable programmes. Of particular interest are the meanings attributed to music in the programme by both castaways and interviewers, the ways in which music is invoked in the public presentation of self, the incorporation of music within personal narratives, and changes in musical tastes during the seven decades spanned by the programme. Scholarly chapters are complemented by former castaways' accounts of their appearances, which give fascinating insiders' views into how the programme is made and how its guests prepare for their involvement.

About the Author

Julie Brown is Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London


Nicholas Cook is 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of the British Academy


Stephen Cottrell is Professor of Music at City, University of London