Indiana University Press is pleased to announce the recent publication of:



Idolized

Music, Media, and Identity in American Idol

Katherine Meizel



"An engaging analysis of one of the most important developments of the past

decade for popular music on television." ‹Chris McDonald, author of Rush,

Rock Music, and the Middle Class



The hit television program American Idol provides a stage where the politics

of national, regional, ethnic, and religious identity are performed for

millions of viewers. Diversity is carefully highlighted and coached into a

viable commodity by judges, argues Katherine L. Meizel, with contestants

packaged into familiar portraits of American identities. Consumer choice, as

expressed by audience voting, also shapes the course of the show‹negotiating

ideas of democracy and opportunity closely associated with the American

Dream. Through interviews with audience members and participants, and

careful analyses of television broadcasts, commercial recordings, and print

and online media, Meizel demonstrates that commercial music and the music

industry are not simply forces to be criticized or resisted, but critical

sites for redefining American culture.



Ethnomusicology Multimedia

320 pp., 6 b&w illus., 9 music exx.

cloth 978-0-253-35571-3 $65.00

paper 978-0-253-22271-8 $22.95



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