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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827079003321

Autore

Crossley Nick <1968->

Titolo

Connecting sounds : The social life of music / / Nick Crossley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2604-4

1-5261-2602-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Disciplina

780.07

Soggetti

Music - Social aspects

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

MUSIC / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Music as social interaction -- 3 Economic interactions -- 4 Mainstream and beyond -- 5 Musicking networks -- 6 Semiotic interactions -- 7 Practical interactions -- 8 Division, inequality and taste -- 9 Political interactions -- Discography -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

An original and compelling account of the social nature of music and its interplay with the wider society to which it belongs. Crossley explores the doing and meanings of music, as well as its interface with economic, political and wider social structures.