Sound and Vision

<p><em>Sound and Vision</em> is the first significant collection of new and classic texts on video and brings together some of the leading international cultural and music critics writing today.<br> Addressing one of the most controversial forms of popular culture in the contemporary world <em>Sound and Vision</em> confronts easy interpretations of music video - as promotional vehicles filmic images and postmodern culture - to offer a new and bold understanding of its place in pop music television and the media industries. The book acknowledges the history of the commercial status of pop music as a whole as well as its complex relations with other media. <em>Sound and Vision</em> will be an essential text for students of popular music and popular culture.</p>