The Routledge Handbook of Pink Floyd is
intended for scholars and researchers of popular music, as well as
music industry professionals and fans of the band. It brings together
international researchers to assess, evaluate and reformulate approaches
to the critical study and interpretation of one of the world’s most
important and successful bands. For the first time, this Handbook will
‘tear down the wall,’ examining the band’s collective artistic creations
and the influence of social, technological, commercial and political
environments over several decades on their work. Divided into five
parts, the book provides a thoroughly contextualised overview of the
musical works of Pink Floyd, including coverage of performance and
sound; media, reception and fandom; genre; periods of Pink Floyd’s work;
and aesthetics and subjectivity. Drawing on art, design, performance,
culture and counterculture, emergent theoretical resources and
analytical frames are evaluated and discussed from across the social
sciences, humanities and creative arts. The Handbook is intended for
scholars and researchers of popular music, as well as music industry
professionals. It will appeal across a range of related subjects from
music production to cultural studies and media/communication studies.