After Adorno: Rethinking Music Sociology - Softcover

DeNora, Tia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052153724X ISBN 13: 9780521537247

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Theodor W. Adorno broached key questions about the role of music in contemporary society and argued that it affected consciousness and was a means of social management and control. Asserting that music sociology can be greatly enriched by returning to Adorno's focus on music as a dynamic medium of social life, this book considers cognition, the emotions and music as a management device.

About this title

Book Description:

Theodor W. Adorno broached key questions about the role of music in contemporary society and argued that music, through the manner of its compostion, affected consciousness and was a means of social management and control. This book argues that music sociology can be greatly enriched by a return to Adorno's focus on music as a dynamic medium of social life. A guide to 'how to do music sociology' It covers aesthetic ordering, cognition, the emotions and music as a managment device through a series of grounded examples.

About the Author:

Tia DeNora is Head of Department and Reader in Sociology at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on music sociology. Her books include Beethoven and the Construction of Genius (1995) Music in Everyday Life (CUP 2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 052153724X
• ISBN 13: 9780521537247
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196