Theoretical proposal for a sociology of popular music
<p>This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the study of popular music, starting from some concepts and theories appeared in the sociological field, specifically on the sociology of culture and arts. This work goes into the study of music production and creation, with special emphasis o...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
2015-04-01
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| Series: | methaodos.revista de ciencias sociales |
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| Online Access: | https://www.methaodos.org/revista-methaodos/index.php/methaodos/article/view/65 |
| Summary: | <p>This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the study of popular music, starting from some concepts and theories appeared in the sociological field, specifically on the sociology of culture and arts. This work goes into the study of music production and creation, with special emphasis on the case of pop-rock. Authors as Pierre Bourdieu, Howard S. Becker or Antoine Hennion provide concepts and theoretical tools for a sociological analysis of popular music. The paper also value the usefulness of some concepts appeared on the popular music studies, such as gender, subculture and scene, for the analysis of this object from a sociological perspective.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2340-8413 2340-8413 |