The environmental crisis is not only the fault of failed engineering, bad science, ecological
misunderstanding, poor accounting, and bitter politics. It is also a failure of holistic problem …

Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …

Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of
sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and …

Who are pop dandies? Why are stars like David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Doherty and
Robbie Williams so dandified? Taking up a wide range of British pop stars, Hawkins seeks …

Signifying Europe provides a systematic overview of the wide range of symbols used to
represent Europe and Europeanness, both by the political elite and the broader public …

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 …

Based on archival and ethnographic data from the Polish case, this article argues that
national mythology is structured by historical events and embodied in visual and material …

National Matters investigates the role of material culture and materiality in defining and
solidifying national identity in everyday practice. Examining a range of" things"—from art …

This book offers a major exploration of the social and cultural importance of popular music to
contemporary celebrations of Britishness. Rather than providing a history of popular music …

If asked to name a globally successful music artist, an average Westerner might think of a
band like Coldplay, whose expansive global concert tours have had the group trekking …