1st Edition
Music Sociology Value, Technology, and Identity
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Music in (the Context of ) Sociology
What we mean by music sociology
The focus of this book
References
Chapter 1 Situating the Sociology of Music
1.1 A brief perspective on the discipline
1.2 The constructivist sociological approach to music
1.3 The structuralist sociological approach to music
1.4 Where do we go from here? Music as a cultural object
Conclusion
Note
References
Chapter 2 The Techno-Cultural Transformations of Music in the Digital Age
2.1 Key trends of the ‘digital age’ of music
2.2 Framing musical experiences: from participation to branding
2.3 Streaming services and the datafication of music
2.4 Streaming services, listening, and the economy of attention
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3 Aesthetics and Value in Music Sociology
3.1 The problems with aesthetics
3.2 Sociology and aesthetics – identifying the mediators and mediations of value
3.3 Music, genres, and the ‘social’
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4 Sound Environments and Everyday Music Listening Practices
4.1 Accounting for the sounds of everyday life
4.2 Technologies of manipulation and/or of control?
4.3 A dynamic system for mediated music listening practices
4.4 Listening and the search for adequate music
Conclusion
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 activity
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6 Music, Identity, and Ageing
6.1 From youth to post-youth
6.2 Music and ageing identity
6.3 Music, ageing, and lifestyle
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7 Popular Music Heritage and the Obsession with Preservation
7.1 What is popular music heritage and what is it for?
7.2 How does popular music heritage change the value of music?
Conclusion
References
Conclusion
References
Index
Biography
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
