ABSTRACT
The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music offers the first collection of source readings and new essays on the latest thinking in the sociology of music. Interest in music sociology has increased dramatically over the past decade, yet there is no anthology of essential and introductory readings. The volume includes a comprehensive survey of the field’s history, current state and future research directions. It offers six source readings, thirteen popular contemporary essays, and sixteen fresh, new contributions, along with an extended Introduction by the editors. The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music represents a broad reference work that will be a resource for the current generation of sociologically inclined musicologists and musically inclined sociologists, whether researchers, teachers or students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|4 pages
Source Readings
part II|3 pages
Approaches, Sites, and Debates
part A|28 pages
The Music Itself
part B|35 pages
Creation
part C|27 pages
Consumption
part III|2 pages
Politics, Social Issues, and Musical Cultures
part IV|3 pages
Industries And Institutions
part V|2 pages
Technology And Mediation
part VI|2 pages
New Directions