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dc.contributor.authorMcCutcheon, Mark A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-25T19:40:15Z
dc.date.available2017-10-25T19:40:15Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationMcCutcheon, Mark A. “The DJ as Critic, ‘constructing a sort of argument’.” English Studies in Canada, vol. 41, no. 4, 2015, pp. 93-124.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://auspace.athabascau.ca/handle/2149/3579
dc.description.abstractCountering romanticized representations of the disc jockey (DJ) as author, rock star, or shaman, this essay argues that the DJ is best understood as a critic, emblematic of appropriation as criticism in a mediascape characterized by content surplus, not scarcity. The paper theorizes DJ techniques (e.g. playback, mixing) as processes of selection and sequencing that enact Foucault’s model of commentary. The work of American DJ Z-Trip provides a case study. I contextualize this argument according to institutions like patriarchy and copyright, and situate DJ work in a history of appropriative forms, from the ancient cento to digital curating platforms.en_US
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dc.publisherEnglish Studies in Canadaen_US
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dc.subjectmusic, literature, J, cento, remix, appropriation, copyright, fair dealingen_US
dc.subjectcriticismen_US
dc.titleThe DJ as Critic, "constructing a sort of argument"en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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