{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-music-and-virtuality-9780190061906","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality","description":"Has the virtual invaded the realm of the real, or has the real expanded its definition to include what once was characterized as virtual? With the continual evolution of digital technology, this distinction grows increasingly hazy. But perhaps the distinction has become obsolete; perhaps it is\u003cbr\u003etime to pay attention to the intersections, mutations, and transmigrations of the virtual and the real. Certainly it is time to reinterpret the practice and study of music. \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Sheila Whiteley and Shara Rambarran, is the first book to offer a\u003cbr\u003ekaleidoscope of interdisciplinary perspectives from scholars around the globe on the way in which virtuality mediates the dissemination, acquisition, performance, creation, and reimagining of music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality\u003c\/em\u003e addresses eight themes that often overlap and interact with one another. Questions of the role of the audience, artistic agency, individual and communal identity, subjectivity, and spatiality repeatedly arise. Authors specifically explore phenomena\u003cbr\u003eincluding holographic musicians and virtual bands, and the benefits and detriments surrounding the free circulation of music on the internet. In addition, the book investigates the way in which fans and musicians negotiate gender identities as well as the dynamics of audience participation and\u003cbr\u003ecommunity building in a virtual environment. The handbook rehistoricizes the virtual by tracing its progression from cartoons in the 1950s to current industry innovations and changes in practice. Well-grounded and wide-reaching, this is a book that students of any number of disciplines, from Music\u003cbr\u003eto Cultural Studies, have awaited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Whiteley, Shara Rambarran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190061906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late\u003cstrong\u003e Sheila Whiteley \u003c\/strong\u003ewas Professor Emeritus (the University of Salford, UK) and a Research Fellow at the Bader International Study Centre, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada. She is author of \u003cem\u003eToo Much Too Young: Popular Music, Age and Identity\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShara Rambarran\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Assistant Professor of Music and Cultural Studies at the Bader International Study Centre, Queen's University, Canada. Shara gained her PhD in Music and Cultural Studies at the University of Salford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39927184130163,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":48.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b2fbd807-33ea-4b97-bfd8-db690763aec0.jpg?v=1647523644","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-music-and-virtuality-9780190061906","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}