Towards a cultural sociology of popular music
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Sociology
- Vol. 44 (4), 419-432
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783308097130
Abstract
This article provides a series of critical reflections on the development of sociological studies in relation to popular music and the development of a cultural sociology of popular music. The piece begins by mapping the origins of popular music as a focus for academic study and the indebtedness of this body of work to Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies-style cultural studies analyses of popular music audiences and their reception of popular music texts. This is followed by a review of sociological work on popular music and the emergence of what could be termed a proto-cultural sociological approach. The final section of the article considers the cultural turn, its impact on cultural approaches to sociology and the significance of this for the development of a cultural sociology of popular music.Keywords
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