Music and cultural theory

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Label

Music and cultural theory

Statement of responsibility

John Shepherd and Peter Wicke

Creator

• Shepherd, John, 1947-

Contributor

• Wicke, Peter

Subject

• Culture -- Philosophy
• Culturele aspecten
• Kulturtheorie
• Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
• Music -- Social aspects
• Musik
• Musique -- Philosophie et esthétique
• Musique et société
• Muziek
• Culture -- Philosophie

Language

eng

Summary

In this book Shepherd and Wicke make a bold and original contribution to the understanding of music as a form of human expression. They argue that music is fundamental to social life. Music is not merely a form of leisure or entertainment: it is central to the very formation and reproduction of human societies. The authors pursue this argument through a wide-ranging assessment of some of the major cultural theoretical contributions to understanding music. Theories of culture, linguistic theories, structuralist and post-structuralist theories and psychoanalytic theories of music are carefully explained and critically examined. The authors then develop their own account of music as a non-referential yet material form of human expression which embodies and conveys principles of symbolic structuring. They emphasize the human body as a principal site for the musical mediation of social and symbolic processes. Music and Cultural Theory establishes new links between musicology and cultural studies, showing how each discipline can inform and enrich the other. It will be recommended reading for students and professionals in musicology, media and communication studies, cultural studies and the sociology of culture. --Publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

781/.1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

ML3795

LC item number

.S423 1997

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography