Music, Culture, and Society : A Reader

Oxford University Press

Explore the profound connection between music, culture, and society with this essential reader. This collection delves into the cultural significance and social meanings of music, featuring critically-acclaimed works that have shaped musicology. Discover how music relates to language, the body, class, production, and consumption through insightful extracts from renowned scholars like Jacques Attali, John Blacking, and Michel Foucault. This book is ideal for students and scholars of sociology and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in the evolving perspectives on music history and meaning at the close of the twentieth century. This reader includes: - Critically-acclaimed works on musical meaning. - Thematic grouping of extracts on music and language, the body, class, production, and consumption. - Contributions from leading scholars in the field. Summary: A comprehensive reader on music, culture, and society, edited by Derek B. Scott, featuring diverse perspectives on musical meaning and its social contexts.