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Art Worlds and Cultural Production
Peter J. Martin
ISBN: 9780719072178
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Manchester University Press
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At a time when the 'social' analysis of music is receiving unprecedented attention, this important new book demonstrates ways in which sociological ideas can make a distinct contribution to understanding music. In doing so, it also highlights the contrasts between a sociological perspective and those emanating from cultural studies and musicology.
In this important new book, Peter J. Martin explores the interface between musicological and sociological approaches to the analysis of music, and in doing so reveals the differing foundations of cultural studies and sociological perspectives more generally. Building on the arguments of his earlier book Sounds and society, Dr Martin initially contrasts text-based attempts to develop a 'social' analysis of music with sociological studies of musical activities in real cultural and institutional contexts. It is argued that the difficulties encountered by some of the 'new' musicologists in their efforts to introduce a social dimension to their work are often a result of their unfamiliarity with contemporary sociological discourse. Just as linguistic studies have moved from a concern with the meaning of words to a focus on how they are used, a sociological perspective directs our attention towards the ways in which the production and reception of music inevitably involve the collaborative activities of real people in particular times and places.
| ISBN | 0719072174 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9780719072178
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Manchester University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 327 | | Imprint | Manchester University Press | | Published in | Manchester | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Music & Society | | Publication date | 30 Oct 2006 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | ML | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 306.4842 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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1. Introduction PART I. Musicology and sociology: the interface 2. Music and the sociological gaze 3. Over the rainbow: on the quest for 'the social' in musical analysis 4. Music and manipulation PART II. The sound of social stratification 5. Class, culture and concerts 6. Musical life in the first industrial city PART III. Improvisation and interaction 7. Spontaneity and organisation 8. Hear me talkin': art worlds, improvisation and the language of jazz 9. Text, context, and the cultural object PART IV. Coda 10. Everyday music
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