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The Routledge Reader On The Sociology Of Music Offers The First Collection Of Source Readings And New Essays On The Latest Thinking In The Sociology Of Music. Interest In Music Sociology Has Increased Dramatically Over The Past Decade, Yet There Is No Anthology Of Essential And Introductory Readings. The Volume Includes A Comprehensive Survey Of The Field's History, Current State And Future Research Directions. It Offers Six Source Readings, Thirteen Popular Contemporary Essays, And Sixteen Fresh, New Contributions, Along With An Extended Introduction By The Editors. The Routledge Reader On The Sociology Of Music Represents A Broad Reference Work That Will Be A Resource For The Current Generation Of Sociologically Inclined Musicologists And Musically Inclined Sociologists, Whether Researchers, Teachers Or Students. -- Publisher's Description Introduction: Music And The Sociological Imagination: Pasts And Prospects / John Shepherd And Kyle Devine -- The Origin And Function Of Music / Herbert Spencer -- Psychological And Ethnological Studies On Music / Georg Simmel -- Rational And Social Foundations Of Music / Max Weber -- Musical Taste And How It Is Formed / John H. Mueller -- Making Music Together: A Study In Social Relationship / Alfred Schütz -- Sociology Of Music / Theodor Adorno -- Music As Social Meaning / Susan Mcclary -- Music, The Body And Signifying Practice / John Shepherd -- Music And The Sociological Gaze / Peter Martin -- Ethnography And Interaction / David Grazian -- Performance Perspectives / Lisa Mccormick -- Production Perspectives / Marco Santoro -- Identity: Music, Community And Self / Andy Bennett -- Taste As Distinction / Richard Peterson -- Taste As Performance / Antoine Hennion -- Resistance And Social Movements / Eric Drott -- Gender And Sexuality / Marion Leonard -- Race And Hip Hop / Antony Kwame Harrison -- World Music And Cultural Globalization: Pop-rock And Musical Cosmopolitanism / Motti Regev -- Music Criticism And Taste Cultures / Morton Michelsen -- Art Music And Social Class / William Weber -- Cityscapes / Sara Cohen -- The Body And Dance / Mary Fogarty -- Recorded Music / Dave Laing -- Live Music / Simon Frith -- Cultural Policy And Creative Industries / Adam Behr -- Copyright / Lee Marshall -- Instruments And Innovation / Trevor Pinch And Karin Bijsterveld -- Radio / Christina Baade -- Music And The Moving Image: A Case Study Of Hans Zimmer / Benjamin Wright -- Digitalization / Paul Théberge -- After Adorno / Tia Denora -- Bourdieu And Beyond / Nick Prior -- Mediation Theory / Georgina Born -- From Signification To Affect / Jeremy Gilbert. Edited By John Shepherd And Kyle Devine. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.