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Cultural sociology - or the sociology of culture - has grown from a minority interest in the 1970s to become one of the largest and most vibrant areas within sociology globally. In The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology, a global range of experts explore the theory, methodology and innovations that make up this ever-expanding field. The Handbook's 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections: Theoretical Paradigms Major Methodological Perspectives Domains of Inquiry Cultural Sociology in Contexts Cultural Sociology and Other Analytical Approaches Both comprehensive and current, The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Sociology will be an essential reference tool for both advanced students and scholars across sociology, cultural studies and media studies.
Popular Music and Cultural Sociology
Popular Music and Cultural Sociology
INTRODUCTION
Popular music has been a focus for academic researchers since at least the middle of the 20th century when Theodor Adorno (1941) published his highly influential work on the role and significance of pop as a form of industrially produced, mass disseminated music. The first monograph-length, sociological study of popular music appeared nearly four decades later with the publication of Simon Frith's (1978) The Sociology of Rock. As this lineage suggests, the socio-cultural significance of popular music has been a longstanding theme for focus and debate. That said, it is equally the case that the proliferation of popular music genres, particularly since the mid-1960s, and their close proximity to forms of youth cultural expression, has ...
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