After Adorno: Rethinking Music Sociology

by Tia DeNora

Overview

Theodor W. Adorno broached key questions about the role of music in contemporary society and argued that it affected consciousness and was a means of social management and control. Asserting that music sociology can be greatly enriched by returning to Adorno's focus on music as a dynamic medium of social life, this book considers cognition, the emotions and music as a management device.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521830256
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/06/2003
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Tia DeNora is Head of Department and Reader in Sociology at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on music sociology. Her books include Beethoven and the Construction of Genius (1995) Music in Everyday Life (CUP 2000).

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on background reading; 1. Adorno, 'Defended against his devotees'?; 2. New methods and classic concerns; 3. Music as cognition; 4. How does music channel emotion?; 5. Music and 'control'; 6. After Adorno: Rethinking music sociology.

Editorial Reviews

If Adorno paved the way for the disciplines of sociology and musicology to come together, DeNora has brought this interdisciplinary scholarship to a new level of sophistication, showing that the dialogue between musicology and sociology is still a two-way street." - William G. Roy

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