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Music and the Sociological Gaze: Art Worlds and Cultural Production
By (Author) Peter J. Martin
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
31st October 2006
United Kingdom
Paperback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
At a time when the 'social' analysis of music is receiving unprecedented attention, this important new book demonstrates ways in which sociological ideas can make a distinct contribution to understanding music. In doing so, it also highlights the contrasts between a sociological perspective and those emanating from cultural studies and musicology. -- .
Peter J. Martin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester