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The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music

  • Editor: Devine, Kyle
  • Editor: Shepherd, John

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Contents

  • Introduction Music and the Sociological Imagination - Pasts and Prospects John Shepherd and Kyle Devine
  • Part I . Source Readings: Forerunners and Founding Figures
  • 1. The Origin and Function of Music Herbert Spencer
  • 2. Psychological and Ethnological Studies on Music Georg Simmel
  • 3. Rational and Social Foundations of Music Max Weber
  • 4. Musical Taste and How It Is Formed John H. Mueller
  • 5. Making Music Together: A Study in Social Relationship Alfred Schutz
  • 6. Sociology of Music Theodor Adorno
  • Part II : Approaches, Sites and Debates A) The Music Itself
  • 7. Music as Social Meaning Susan McClary
  • 8. Music, the Body and Signifying Practice John Shepherd
  • 9. Music and the Sociological Gaze Peter Martin B) Creation
  • 10. Ethnography and Interaction David Grazian
  • 11. Performance Perspectives Lisa McCormick 1
  • 2. Production Perspectives Marco Santoro C) Consumption
  • 13. Identity: Music, Community and Self Andy Bennett
  • 14. Taste as Distinction Richard Peterson
  • 15. Taste as Performance Antoine Hennion
  • Part III . Politics, Social Issues and Musical Cultures
  • 16. Resistance and Social Movements Eric Drott
  • 17. Gender and Sexuality Marion Leonard
  • 18. Race and Hip Hop Antony Kwame Harrison
  • 19. World Music and Cultural Globalization: Pop-Rock and Musical Cosmopolitanism Motti Regev
  • 20. Music Criticism and Taste Cultures Morton Michelsen
  • 21. Art Music and Social Class William Weber
  • 22. Cityscapes Sara Cohen
  • 23. The Body and Dance Mary Fogarty
  • Part IV : Industries and Institutions
  • 24. Recorded Music Dave Laing
  • 25. Live Music Simon Frith
  • 26. Cultural Policy and Creative Industries Adam Behr
  • 27. Copyright Lee Marshall
  • Part V : Technology and Mediation
  • 28. Instruments and Innovation Trevor Pinch and Karin Bijsterveld
  • 29. Radio Christina Baade
  • 30. Music and the Moving Image: A Case Study of Hans Zimmer Benjamin Wright
  • 31. Digitalization Paul Theberge
  • Part VI : New Directions
  • 32. After Adorno Tia DeNora
  • 33. Bourdieu and Beyond Nick Prior
  • 34. Mediation Theory Georgina Born
  • 35. From Signification to Affect Jeremy Gilbert List of
  • Contributors