Connecting Sounds: The Social Life of Music

by Nick Crossley

Book Overview

Crossley argues that music is a form of social interaction, interwoven in the fabric of society and in constant interplay with its other threads. Musical interactions are often also economic interactions, for example, and sometimes political interactions. They can be forms of identity work, for both individuals and collectives, contributing to the reproduction or bridging of social divisions. Successive chapters of the book track and explore these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526126036
• ISBN13: 9781526126030
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"