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Time and memory in reggae music
The politics of hope
Av Sarah Daynes
Häftad, 2016
382 kr
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On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and late 1990s, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. From Dennis Brown to Sizzla, the way in which reggae music constructs a musical, religious and socio-political memory in rupture with …
It's a London thing
How rare groove, acid house and jungle remapped the city
Häftad, 2019
302 kr
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This book is a record of the Black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century; the people who made it, the racial and spatial politics of its development and change, and the part it played in founding London’s precious, embattled multiculture. It tells …
Popular Music on Screen
Av John Mundy
Häftad, 1999
235 kr
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Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video. Through detailed examination of films, television programs and popular music, together with analysis of the …
Popular music in England 1840–1914
A social history
Häftad, 1997
382 kr
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The only in-depth study of the wider field of popular music in this period. Scholarly, but accessible. This is an Open University Set Text.
English musical Renaissance, 1840–1940
Av Meirion Hughes, Robert Stradling
Häftad, 2001
382 kr
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Second edition of a book which caused huge controversy in its first printing - now completely revised and updated. Argues that research into the cultural history of music can significantly help our understanding of the evolution of English national identity. Only book of its kind to cover such a …
Music and the Sociological Gaze
Art Worlds and Cultural Production
Inbunden, 2006
1263 kr
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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 …
Music and the sociological gaze
Art worlds and cultural production
Häftad, 2006
382 kr
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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 …
Why Pamper Life's Complexities?
Essays on the Smiths
Av Sean Campbell, Colin Coulter
Inbunden, 2010
1263 kr
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For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public and critical appreciation of The Smiths is at its height, yet the most important British band after The …
Why Pamper Life's Complexities?
Essays on the Smiths
Av Sean Campbell, Colin Coulter
Häftad, 2010
309 kr
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For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public and critical appreciation of The Smiths is at its height, yet the most important British band after The …
Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion
The Punk and Post–Punk Worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975–80
Inbunden, 2015
1263 kr
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This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of ‘critical mass’, ‘social networks’ and ‘music worlds’, and using sophisticated techniques of ‘social network analysis’, it teases out the events and …
Networks of sound, style and subversion
The punk and post–punk worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975–80
Häftad, 2015
382 kr
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This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of ‘critical mass’, ‘social networks’ and ‘music worlds’, and using sophisticated techniques of ‘social network analysis’, it teases out the events and …
It's a London Thing
How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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This book is a record of the Black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century; the people who made it, the racial and spatial politics of its development and change, and the part it played in founding London’s precious, embattled multiculture. It tells …
Sound of Difference
Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music
Inbunden, 2024
1263 kr
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What happens when the elitist space of ‘Western’ classical music seeks to diversify itself? And what are the social effects worked through diversity discourses in classical music institutions? The sound of difference addresses these concerns by critically examining how diversity work takes shape in …
double game of music
Paradoxes of power, status and class in music education
Av Live Weider Ellefsen, Petter Dyndahl m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
346 kr
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The double game of music imagines music education as a series of games – each with its own rules, play currency and players – to challenge readers to rethink the significance of music and musical upbringing in shaping social structures. Drawing on their own empirical research and a wide range of …
Music and antiracism in Brazil
Politics, art and activism, 1964–2004
Av David Treece
Inbunden, 2026
1255 kr
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Music and antiracism in Brazil explores the contribution of Brazilian music-making to the antiracist cause between the mid-1960s and the early 2000s. Offering fresh, critical readings of the most representative compositions, performances and initiatives from the period, it comprehensively assesses …
sound of difference
Race, class and the politics of 'diversity' in classical music
Häftad, 2026
367 kr
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What happens when the elitist space of ‘Western’ classical music seeks to diversify itself? And what are the social effects worked through diversity discourses in classical music institutions? The sound of difference addresses these concerns by critically examining how diversity work takes shape in …
