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Over the past decade, vinyl records have re-emerged as a mainstream format for casual music listening, drastically increasing both in sales and media attention. The emotional relationship between collectors and the real and imagined places they associate with these records, a tactile medium in an age of digital downloading and internet streaming, is a key yet overlooked factor in this contemporary resurgence. Inspired by the extant literature on collecting, emotional geographies, and other post-structural understanding of affect, this study examines this trend in three ways: reviewing the history of the recording industry, observing specific spaces of vinyl consumption in the Los Angeles area, and interpreting individual opinions of record collectors. The study concludes with a post-structural assessment of the emotional geographies of collecting vinyl records in Los Angeles and throughout North America.
Advisor: | Thien, Deborah |
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School: | California State University, Long Beach |
School Location: | United States -- California |
Source: | MAI 52/05M(E), Masters Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | American studies, Archaeology, Geography |
Keywords: | California, Emotions, Music, Record collecting, Record stores, Vinyl records |
Publication Number: | 1527492 |
ISBN: | 978-1-303-77385-3 |