Bibliograph

Karaoke idols, popular music and the performance of identity, Dr. Kevin Brown ; afterword by Philip Auslander

Type

Label

Karaoke idols, popular music and the performance of identity, Dr. Kevin Brown ; afterword by Philip Auslander

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-137) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Karaoke idols

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

917367494

Responsibility statement

Dr. Kevin Brown ; afterword by Philip Auslander

Sub title

popular music and the performance of identity

Summary

Most ethnographers don't achieve what Kevin Brown did while conducting their research: in his two years spent at a karaoke bar near Denver, Colorado, he went from barely able to carry a tune to someone whom other karaoke patrons requested to sing. Along the way, he learned everything you might ever want to know about karaoke and the people who enjoy it. The result is Karaoke Idols, a close ethnography of life at a karaoke bar that reveals just what we are doing when we take up the mic...and how we shape our identities, especially in terms of gender, ethnicity, and class, through performances in everyday life

Table Of Contents

Overture -- My way -- Turning Japanese -- Boys don't cry -- Paint it black -- Friends in low places -- Sweet Caroline -- Finale -- Afterword : Karaoke as performance reactivation / by Philip Auslander

Classification

Contributor