Karaoke Idols: Popular Music and the Performance of Identity.

Most ethnographers don't achieve what Kevin Brown did while conducting their research: in his two years spent at a karaoke bar near Denver, Colorado, he went from barely able to carry a tune to someone whom other karaoke patrons requested to sing. Along the way, he learned everything you might...

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Main Author: Brown, Kevin
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Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : National Book Network International, 2015
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