Sara Towe Horsfall

Music Sociology: Examining the Role of Music in Social Life Sara Towe Horsfall 1.º edición

Marc Notes: This work explores 16 different genres to demonstrate that music everywhere reflects social values, organisational processes, meanings and individual identity. Table of Contents: I. What Is Sociology of Music"Chapter 1: Here I Stand by Paul Robeson""Chapter 2: Five Important Moments in America s Musical History The Rest of the Story by Sara Towe Horsfall""Chapter 3: What Is Sociological about Music by Will Roy and Tim Dowd""Chapter 4: American Song by Howard Becker"II. Identity and the Experience of Music"Chapter 5: Music as Ritual: A Hotline to the Collective Conscious by Sara Towe Horsfall" "Chapter 6: Moving Past Violence and Vulgarity: Structural Ritualization and Constructed Meaning in Heavy Metal Subculture by Jan-Martijn Meij, Meghan D. Probstfield, Joseph M Simpson, J. David Knottnerus" "Chapter 7: Authenticity in Latino Music: Scenes of Place by Kathryn M. Nowtny, Jennifer L. Fackler, Gianncarlo Muschi, Carol Vargas, Lindsey Wilson, Joseph A. Kotarba""Chapter 8: Ritualistic and Pure Soloing by Roscoe C. Scarborough" III. Music and Stratification"Chapter 9: Race by Russell A. Potter""Chapter 10: (Re) Presentin the Tragic Mulatto: An Analysis of Multiracial Identity in Rap Music by Matt Oware""Chapter 11: Skinhead Identity Contested: Ska Music, Racism, and Youth Culture by Daniel Sarabia""Chapter 12: Lowbrow Entertainment to Highbrow Art Form: The Case of Jazz and Heavy Metal by Roscoe C. Scarborough""Chapter 13: It Is What It Is: Race, Gender, and Privilege in Hip Hop DJ Culture by Michael Barnes"IV. Music and Subcultures"Chapter 14: Sect (From Jazz: Myth and Religion) by Neil Leonard""Chapter 15: Hardcore: An Ethnographic Study of an Evolving Music Subculture by Kerry Hendricks""Chapter 16: Not Fade Away: Ritual Solidarity and Persistence in the Jamband Community by Pam Hunt""Chapter 17: Taqwacore: An Introduction to Muslim American Punk Rock by Sarah S. Hosman"V. Music as Social Change and Commentary"Chapter 18: Hitler, the Holocaust, and Heavy Metal Music: Holocaust Memory and Representation in the Heavy Metal Subculture1980 Present by Mark Mengerink ""Chapter 19: Painful Listening: The Musical Noise and Cultural Transcendence of Southern Italian Tarantism by Lee Blackstone""Chapter 20: An International Comparison of the Politics of Straight Edge by William Tsitsos""Chapter 21: Sing Out: Collective Singing Rituals of Folk Protest Music in US Social Movements by Jeneve Brooks"VI. Commodification of Music"Chapter 22: The Industrialization of Popular Music by Simon Frith""Chapter 23: Authenticity and Independence in Rap Music and Other Genre Communities by Jennifer C. Lena""Chapter 24: A Piece of Art Is Not a Loaf of Bread: Indie Rock s Challenge to Commodification by Jeffrey Nathanial Parker""Chapter 25: Operating Outside of the Music Industry: Strategies of Production in a Semi-Professional Musical Art World by Diana Miller""Chapter 26: Why Pay for Music? How College Students Rationalize Illegal Downloading by Jason S. Ulsperberger, Kristin Ulsperberger, and Stan H. Hodges. "" Review Citations:

Choice 06/01/2014 (EAN 9781612053127, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Horsfall, Sara Towe Sara Towe Horsfall is an Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University. Previously she worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent in England, Greece, and India. Her recent books include "Social Problems: An Advocate Group Approach" (2012). Contributor Bio:  Meij, Jan-Martijn Jan-Martijn Meij is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida Gulf Coast University, with a specialization in environmental sociology, social inequality, and social psychology. His book on social problems and solutions will be published by Cognella in 2013. Contributor Bio:  Probstfield, Meghan D Meghan Probstfield is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, FL, where he is co-organizing the Center for Media and Journalism Studies. His scholarly contributions include the W. I. Thomas entry in the "Dictionary of Modern American Philosophy".