Devon Powers is Associate Professor of Communication, Drexel University. She is the author of Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013), and co-editor of Blowing Up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture (Peter...
Devon Powers is Associate Professor of Communication, Drexel University. She is the author of Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013), and co-editor of Blowing Up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture (Peter Lang, 2010). Her research explores historical and contemporary consumer culture, especially popular music, and the dynamics of cultural intermediation, circulation, and promotion. She has published in Journal of Consumer Culture, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Popular Music and Society, and Popular Communication, among other venues.