Defining the Discographic Self : Desert Island Discs in Context
- Submitting institution
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Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 31386666
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.5871/bacad/9780197266175.001.0001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780197266175
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2017
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- 'Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context' is a double peer-reviewed volume developing new and diverse understandings of a long-running music-focussed BBC radio programme. It involves twelve chapters by scholars of musicology, media studies, cultural history and sociology, plus a substantial introduction and afterword; among these, it weaves ten ‘personal spins’ by individuals who have appeared on or helped to produce the programme. The volume therefore brings a multi-disciplinary perspective to a piece of recent British musical and media culture.
Julie Brown was instrumental in initiating and conceptualising the entire research project, initially by securing a Royal Holloway research strategy grant (with Nicholas Cook), which funded a Research Assistant (whom she co-supervised) to construct a database and undertake statistical analysis. After the BBC published a searchable web-based archive of all programmes to celebrate the show’s 75th anniversary, the project continued with the addition of Cottrell to the team. In November 2013 the three editors organised a conference hosted by the British Academy, for which materials from the initial scoping project was made available to all contributors.
As co-editor, Brown’s role included commissioning contributors (including the authors of the ‘personal spins’) and editing a third of the chapters. She authored Chapter 12 (8,700 words) and co-authored the introduction (12,900 words). As the only editor to have undertaken primary research in the BBC’s Written Archives in Caversham, she provided the volume’s grounding in historical and archival material. This research underpins her own chapter and informs the introduction; she also shared archival details and references with several other contributors (Cottrell, Devine, Littler, Straw), who acknowledge her guidance.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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