Portable music and the scalable self [Elektronische Ressource] : performativity in music journalism and interdisciplinary music analysis / von Helen Zink

Portable Music and the Scalable Self Performativity in Music Journalism and Interdisciplinary Music Analysis von Helen Zink Philosophische Dissertation angenommen von der Neuphilologischen Fakultät der Universität Tübingen am 3. Juli 2008 Ph.D. Thesis School of Modern Languages University of Tübingen, Germany Tübingen 2009 Portable Music and the Scalable Self Gedruckt mit Genehmigung der Neuphilologischen Fakultät der Universität Tübingen Hauptberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Jürg Häusermann Mitberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Greiner Dekan: Prof. Dr. Joachim Knape Published online by TOBIAS-lib a service of Tübingen University Library Wilhelmstr. 32 / P.O. Box 2620 / D-72016 Tübingen, Germany ©2009 ii Portable Music and the Scalable Self Contents Page Introduction 1 1. The language of sales 6 How an anachronistic “Romanticism” colors pop theory 2. Like a cloud of fire 35 The role of insincere mysticism in confusing matters 3. Lager and ecstasy 54 Pop theory’s focus on the body and work 4. Poking Bob 78 Publicists work Bob Dylan over 5.