Music and the sociological gaze: Art worlds and cultural production (Music and Society) - Hardcover

Martin, Peter J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719072166 ISBN 13: 9780719072161

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter J. Martin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0719072166
• ISBN 13: 9780719072161
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256