Running, Identity and Meaning: The Pursuit of Distinction Through Sport, Neil Baxter

Автор: Varriale
Название: Globalization, Music and Cultures of Distinction
ISBN: 1137564490 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137564498
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book is the first comprehensiveaccount of how Anglo-American popular music transformed Italian cultural life.Drawing on neglected archival materials, the author explores the rise of newmusical tastes and social divisions in late twentieth century Italy.The book reconstructs the emergence of popmusic magazines in Italy and offers the first in-depth investigation of therole of critics in global music cultures. It explores how class, gender, raceand geographical location shaped the production and consumption of music magazines,as well as critics’ struggle over notions of expertise, cultural value andcosmopolitanism.Globalization, Music and Cultures ofDistinction provides an innovative framework for studying how globalization transforms cultural institutions andaesthetic hierarchies, thus breaking new ground for sociological and historicalresearch. It will be essential reading for scholars and students interested incultural sociology, popular music, globalization, media and cultural studies,social theory and contemporary Italy.