![]() There is, too, a tremendous upsurge of interest in cultural analysis. The time is right to take a fresh look at music and its effects, as today’s music resonates with the consequences of cultural globalisation and the transformations wrought by new electronic media, and as past styles are reinvented in the light of present concerns. These sounds are vital ingredients in the contemporary cultural mix, and their neglect by serious scholars itself tells us much about the social and cultural stratification of our society. In contrast to the established academic discourse, Music and Society is concerned with all forms of music, and seeks to encourage the scholarly analysis of both `popular’ styles and those which have for too long been marginalised by that discourse – folk and ethnic traditions, music by and for women, jazz, rock, rap, reggae, muzak and so on. As such it is not autonomous but is created and performed by real people in particular times and places in doing so they reveal much about themselves and their societies. A deliberately eclectic series, its authors are nevertheless united by the contention that music is a social product, social resource, and social practice. Martin and Tia DeNora Music and Society aims to bridge the gap between music scholarship and the human sciences. ![]() ![]() Music and Society Series editors Peter J. ![]()
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