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The Category of Music Film

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The perception of pop music and music cultures depends not only on their self-image and own forms of communication but relies just as much on the way they have been negotiated and depicted in audiovisual mass media.

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Niebling, L. (2016). The Category of Music Film. In: Heinze, C., Niebling, L. (eds) Populäre Musikkulturen im Film. Film und Bewegtbild in Kultur und Gesellschaft. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-10896-0_2

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