{"title":"(Re)Writing Music History: Television, Memory, and Nostalgia in The People's History of Pop","authors":"L. Weston","doi":"10.7560/vlt8806","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:This article explores how the BBC series The People's History of Pop (2016–2017) challenges the production of televised music history. Its delivery is characterized by a move away from Aristotelian \"Great Man\" narratives and toward an exploration of \"history from below,\" which narrativizes popular music history from a fan perspective. Through its aesthetic and representational strategies, the series foregrounds the material cultures surrounding popular music, emphasizing their value as a site of nostalgic and affective engagement.","PeriodicalId":335072,"journal":{"name":"The Velvet Light Trap","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Velvet Light Trap","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7560/vlt8806","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:This article explores how the BBC series The People's History of Pop (2016–2017) challenges the production of televised music history. Its delivery is characterized by a move away from Aristotelian "Great Man" narratives and toward an exploration of "history from below," which narrativizes popular music history from a fan perspective. Through its aesthetic and representational strategies, the series foregrounds the material cultures surrounding popular music, emphasizing their value as a site of nostalgic and affective engagement.