Music as social life : the politics of participation / Thomas Turino

By:

Turino, Thomas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Chicago studies in ethnomusicologyPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008Description: xviii, 258 p. : il. ; 24 cm. + 1 disc compacte (CD)ISBN:

9780226816975 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226816974 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226816982 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226816982 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Contents:

Conté els capítols: Introduction : why music matters -- Participatory and presentational performance -- The recording fields : high fidelity and studio audio art -- Habits of the self, identity, and culture -- Participatory, presentational, and high fidelity music in Zimbabwe -- Old-time music and dance : cultural cohorts and cultural formations -- Music and political movements -- For love or money.

Summary: "People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. In Music as Social Life , Thomas Turino explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our most profound personal and social experiences. Turino begins by developing tools to think about the special properties of music and dance that make them fundamental resources for connecting with our own lives, our communities, and the environment. These concepts are then put into practice as he analyzes various musical examples among indigenous Peruvians, rural and urban Zimbabweans, and American old-time musicians and dancers. To examine the divergent ways that music can fuel social and political movements, Turino looks at its use by the Nazi Party and by the American civil rights movement. Wide-ranging, accessible to anyone with an interest in music's role in society, and accompanied by a compact disc, Music as Social Life is an illuminating initiation into the power of music." -- Text de la contracoberta

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés	793.2 TUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))		1	Available		1900075677
Àudio	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Àudio	793.2 TUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	CD	1	Available		1900075682

Bibliografia: p.239-245, discografia: p. 247-249. Índex

"People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. In Music as Social Life , Thomas Turino explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our most profound personal and social experiences. Turino begins by developing tools to think about the special properties of music and dance that make them fundamental resources for connecting with our own lives, our communities, and the environment. These concepts are then put into practice as he analyzes various musical examples among indigenous Peruvians, rural and urban Zimbabweans, and American old-time musicians and dancers. To examine the divergent ways that music can fuel social and political movements, Turino looks at its use by the Nazi Party and by the American civil rights movement. Wide-ranging, accessible to anyone with an interest in music's role in society, and accompanied by a compact disc, Music as Social Life is an illuminating initiation into the power of music." -- Text de la contracoberta

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