Abstract
This chapter addresses the following questions: what is popular music heritage? When and why did pop become an object of heritage practice? In what manner does popular music relate to wider practices and interpretations of heritage? In what ways does popular music heritage interact with related concepts of history, of memory and the archive? Are all kinds of popular music forms and practices incorporated by heritage practice or are there significant exclusions? Indeed, what conceptualisation of culture and of music per se comes into focus in a heritage framework? The chapter outlines parameters for thinking about heritage in order to explore the particular character of popular music culture in relation to this field. It explores how pop as heritage is validated in its relationship with memory and history. Underpinning this discussion is an argument that the legitimation of pop as heritage can be understood in the context of a broad democratising thrust in culture. This discussion concludes with reflections on the history of popular music as heritage and the role of music and consumption practices in underwriting this development.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Popular Music History and Heritage |
| Editors | Sarah Baker, Catherine Strong, Lauren Istvandity, Zelmarie Cantillon |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon Oxon UK |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Pages | 121-133 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315299303, 9781315299310 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138237636 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |