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FiltersThe sound of difference
Race, class and the politics of 'diversity' in classical music
By Kristina Kolbe
What happens when the elitist space of 'Western' classical music seeks to diversify itself? And what are the social effects worked through diversity discourses in classical music institutions? ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6549-7
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£85.00
Pre-OrderIt's a London thing
How rare groove, acid house and jungle remapped the city
By Caspar Melville
This book is a record of the Black music culture that emerged in post-colonial London at the end of the twentieth century; the people who made it, the racial and spatial politics of its ... More
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3125-6
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£15.99
Buy NowNetworks of sound, style and subversion
The punk and post-punk worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975-80
By Nick Crossley
This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of 'critical mass', 'social networks' and ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-8865-0
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£17.99
Buy NowWhy pamper life's complexities?
Essays on The Smiths
Edited by Sean Campbell and Colin Coulter
For five short years in the 1980s, a four-piece Manchester band released a collection of records that had undeniably profound effects on the landscape of popular music and beyond. Today, public ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-7841-5
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£16.99
Buy NowTime and memory in reggae music
The politics of hope
By Sarah Daynes
On the basis of a body of reggae songs from the 1970s and late 1990s, this book offers a sociological analysis of memory, hope and redemption in reggae music. From Dennis Brown to Sizzla, the way ... More
ISBN: 978-1-7849-9280-4
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£18.99
Buy NowMusic and the sociological gaze
Art worlds and cultural production
By Peter J. Martin
In this important new book, Peter J. Martin explores the interface between musicological and sociological approaches to the analysis of music, and in doing so reveals the differing foundations of ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-7217-8
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£15.99
Buy NowThe English musical Renaissance, 1840-1940
By Meirion Hughes and Robert Stradling
Second edition of a book which caused huge controversy in its first printing - now completely revised and updated. Argues that research into the cultural history of music can significantly help ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-5830-1
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Paperback
£16.99
Buy NowPopular music in England 1840-1914
A social history
By David Russell
The only in-depth study of the wider field of popular music in this period. Scholarly, but accessible. This is an Open University Set Text. More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-5261-3
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£15.99
Buy NowPopular music on screen
By John Mundy
Popular Music on Screen examines the relationship between popular music and the screen, from the origins of the Hollywood musical to contemporary developments in music television and video. ... More
ISBN: 978-0-7190-4029-0
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Paperback
£13.99
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