Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity

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Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity. / Barber-Kersovan, Alenka.
Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art. ed. / Hans-Werner Heister; Hanjo Polk; Bernhard Rusam. Springer, 2023. p. 223-240.

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Harvard

Barber-Kersovan, A 2023, Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity. in H-W Heister, H Polk & B Rusam (eds), Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art. Springer, pp. 223-240. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20109-7_14

APA

Barber-Kersovan, A. (2023). Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity. In H.-W. Heister, H. Polk, & B. Rusam (Eds.), Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art (pp. 223-240). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20109-7_14

Vancouver

Barber-Kersovan A. Singing, Playing and Performing in Popular Music in the Age of Liquid Modernity. In Heister HW, Polk H, Rusam B, editors, Word Art + Gesture Art = Tone Art. Springer. 2023. p. 223-240 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-20109-7_14

Bibtex

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