Globalization, music and cultures of distinction : the rise of pop music criticism in Italy /: the rise of pop music criticism in Italy. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simone Varriale.
• Authors: Varriale, Simone
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; 1: Introduction: How Things Come into Being; Organization of the Book; Bibliography; Part I: Situating the Study; 2: New Forms of Distinction, New Cultural Institutions; New Forms of Cultural Distinction; From Snob to Omnivore; Tolerance or Distinction?; The Rise of Cosmopolitan Taste; New Cultural Institutions: Critics in Popular and Consumer Cultures; The Semi-legitimation of Popular Culture; Measuring Discourses; Causal Analysis; Aesthetic Diversity and Aesthetic Socialization; Music Criticism and Anglo-American Rock; Conclusion The Impact of New Distinctions: Homology and Asymmetries Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II: Pop Music Criticism in Italy (1969-1977); 4: Young, Educated and Cosmopolitan: A New Cultural Institution; A New Space of Possibles: Social and Cultural Change in Post-War Italy; Education and Youth; Cultural Consumption and Social Distinction; Music Production and Consumption; Introducing the Field: Social Trajectories of Critics and Readers; A Shared Commitment: Breaking with Italian Light Music and Culture; The Genesis of Cosmopolitan Dispositions; Conclusion; Bibliography 5: Economic Cosmopolitanism: The Case of Ciao 2001 Economic Autonomy Versus Commercial Success; The Morality of Markets: Converting Commercial Success into Symbolic Capital; Ideological Independence; Professionalism; Social Authenticity; The Democracy of Taste: Mobilizing Cultural Capital; Democracy Versus Distinction; Objectivity and 'A Minimum of Artistic Dignity'; Praising the Cosmopolitan Cultural Economy; Conclusion; Bibliography; 6: Political Cosmopolitanism: The Case of Muzak and Gong; The Era of Collective Action: Fields, Actors and Events Activism in the Musical and Cultural Field Pop Music Criticism and the Genesis of Political Engagement; Organizational Breaks and the Struggle Over Youth; The Impact of Political Struggles; Cultural Capital as a Political Resource: The Strategies of Muzak and Gong; The Politics of Music; Musical Politics; Economic Power and Political Engagement: The Strategy of Ciao 2001; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part III: Evaluating Music and Music Criticism; 7: Aesthetic Encounters: Evaluating Rock, Jazz and Soul; Highbrow and Popular Criteria of Evaluation; Pop-Rock and the Politics of Memory
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 781.640945; Political science; Popular music -- Italy -- History and criticism; Musical criticism; Musical analysis; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory; Musical analysis; Musical criticism; Popular music; Music -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Music; Social issues & processes; Globalization; Music; Political Science -- Globalization; Globalization; Italy; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137564504; 1137564504; 1137564490; 9781137564498; 9781349850303; 1349850306
• Related ISBNs: 9781137564498
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2016).
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