Music Sociology

NOTE EDITORE

Music Sociology critically evaluates current approaches to the study of music in sociology and presents a broad overview of how music is positioned and represented in existing sociological scholarship. It then goes on to offer a new framework for approaching the sociology of music, taking music itself as a starting point, and considering what music sociology can learn from related disciplines such as critical musicology, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies. As a central form of leisure, consumption, and cultural production, music has attracted significant attention from sociologists who seek to understand its deeper socio-cultural meaning. With case studies that address sound environments, consumption, media technologies, local scenes, music heritage, and ageing, the authors highlight the distinctive nature of musical experience, and show how sociology can illuminate it. Providing both a survey of existing perspectives the sociology of music, and a thought-provoking discussion of how the field can move forward, this concise and accessible book will be a vital reading for anyone teaching or studying music from a sociological standpoint.

SOMMARIO

Acknowledgements Introduction: Music in (the Context of ) SociologyWhat we mean by music sociologyThe focus of this bookReferences Chapter 1 Situating the Sociology of Music1.1 A brief perspective on the discipline1.2 The constructivist sociological approach to music1.3 The structuralist sociological approach to music1.4 Where do we go from here? Music as a cultural objectConclusionNoteReferences Chapter 2 The Techno-Cultural Transformations of Music in the Digital Age2.1 Key trends of the ‘digital age’ of music2.2 Framing musical experiences: from participation to branding2.3 Streaming services and the datafication of music2.4 Streaming services, listening, and the economy of attention ConclusionReferences Chapter 3 Aesthetics and Value in Music Sociology3.1 The problems with aesthetics3.2 Sociology and aesthetics – identifying the mediators and mediations of value3.3 Music, genres, and the ‘social’ConclusionReferences Chapter 4 Sound Environments and Everyday Music Listening Practices4.1 Accounting for the sounds of everyday life4.2 Technologies of manipulation and/or of control?4.3 A dynamic system for mediated music listening practices4.4 Listening and the search for adequate musicConclusion References Chapter 5 Music Taste: What Is Liking Music?5.1 The social distribution of music taste – structural homology, omnivorousness, or eclecticism?5.2 Social expressions of music taste: distinction or differentiation?5.3 Taste as activityConclusionReferences Chapter 6 Music, Identity, and Ageing6.1 From youth to post-youth6.2 Music and ageing identity6.3 Music, ageing, and lifestyleConclusionReferences Chapter 7 Popular Music Heritage and the Obsession with Preservation7.1 What is popular music heritage and what is it for? 7.2 How does popular music heritage change the value of music?ConclusionReferences ConclusionReferencesIndex

AUTORE

Raphaël Nowak is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, United Kingdom. Andy Bennett is Professor of Cultural Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University, Australia

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780367210199
• Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 0.13 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 186
• Pagine Romane: viii