The sociology of music has become a vibrant field of study in recent decades. While its
proponents are well aware of this field's contributions and relevance, we focus here on …

The sociology of music has a strong empirical tradition, yet retains inspiration from its more
philosophically oriented past. For sociologists, especially in recent years as the field has …

The sociology of music is a young discipline, and this book addresses the issues,
demonstrating that there are a number of different musics-differing not only in how tonal …

Whose Music? combines historical, musicological, and sociological materials and styles of
analysis in ways that connect to the field of sociology. The analyses of social class systems …

In this pioneering new book, Dr Martin presents a lively and accessible introduction to the
social analysis of music. Dr Martin argues that musical meaning must be understood as …

This article provides a series of critical reflections on the development of sociological studies
in relation to popular music and the development of a cultural sociology of popular music …

This book is intended to deal with issues of sociology as they apply to the field of music
education. It is not intended, nor could such a volume ever manage, to be comprehensive in …

Written for Introductory Sociology and Sociology of Popular Music courses, the second
edition of Understanding Society through Popular Music uses popular music to illustrate …

First Published in 1984. This is the second volume in a series on musicology and related
areas edited by F. Joseph Smith. Deciphering the specific social characteristics of music has …

A society without music has never been discovered. But although music making is a
universal feature of human society, it is by no means universally undertaken by every …