Index, Notes, References.

Introduction. Media Narratives and Music Histories / Chris Anderton & Martin James -- SECTION 1. Narratives of Identity. Hidden in Plain Sight : Stories of Gender, Generation and Political Economy on the Northern Soul Scene / Sarah Raine and Tim Wall ; Paid My Dues : Key Debates in the 1970s Feminist Music Press / Ann-Marie Hanlon ; "They're Not In It Like The Man Dem"-How Gendered Narratives Contradict Patriarchal Discourse in Electronic Dance Music / Julia Toppin ; "Who Controls the Present Controls the Past. Who Controls the Past Controls the Future" : Washing Islam from the Media Narratives of Hip-Hop / Martin James -- SECTION 2. Narratives of Genre. "Exiles in Madison Square Garden" : Critical Reception and Journalistic Narratives of Progressive Rock in Melody Maker Magazine, 1971-1976 / Chris Anderton ; Alternative Before Alternative : The Pre-Punk History of a '90s Rock Genre / Theo Cateforis ; Never Mind the B..., Here's Three Minutes of Prog : Rethinking Punk's Impact on Progressive Rock in Britain During the Late 1970s / Andy Bennett ; "There's a Crack in the Union Jack.” Questioning National Identity in the 1990s : the Britpop Counter-narrative / Johnny Hopkins -- SECTION 3. Narratives Constructed. Compromised Histories : the Impact of Production Pressures on the Construction of Historical Narratives in Popular Music Documentaries / Lauren Istvandity, Sarah Baker, Zelmarie Cantillon and Shane Homan ; When a History of Gender Representation Meets the Nostalgic Storytelling of Hot Press Magazine / Yvonne Kiely ; Punk Fanzines, Subcultural Consecration, and Hidden Female Histories in Early British Punk / Karen Fournier ; Tales from the Turntables : “Narrating” and "Narrativizing" the "First Club DJ" / Maren Hancock.

"The historical significance of music-makers, music scenes, and music genres has long been mediated through academic and popular press publications such as magazines, films, and television documentaries. Media Narratives in Popular Music examines these various publications and questions how and why they are constructed. It considers the typically linear narratives that are based on simplifications, exaggerations, and omissions and the histories they construct - an approach that leads to totalizing "official" histories that reduce otherwise messy narratives to one-dimensional interpretations of a heroic and celebratory nature. This book questions the basis on which these mediated histories are constructed, highlights other, hidden, histories that have otherwise been neglected, and explores a range of topics including consumerism, the production pressure behind documentaries, punk fanzines, Rolling Stones covers, and more"--