Music Sociology: Examining the Role of Music in Social Life (Paperback)

I. What Is Sociology of Music Chapter 1: Here I Stand by Paul Robeson Chapter 2: Five Important Moments in America's Musical History-The Rest of the Story by Sara Towe Horsfall Chapter 3: What Is Sociological about Music by Will Roy and Tim Dowd Chapter 4: American Song by Howard Becker II. Identity and the Experience of Music Chapter 5: Music as Ritual: A Hotline to the Collective Conscious by Sara Towe Horsfall Chapter 6: Moving Past Violence and Vulgarity: Structural Ritualization and Constructed Meaning in Heavy Metal Subculture by Jan-Martijn Meij, Meghan D.Probstfield, Joseph M Simpson, J. David Knottnerus Chapter 7: Authenticity in Latino Music: Scenes of Place by Kathryn M. Nowtny, Jennifer L. Fackler, Gianncarlo Muschi, Carol Vargas, Lindsey Wilson, Joseph A. Kotarba Chapter 8: Ritualistic and Pure Soloing by Roscoe C. Scarborough III. Music and Stratification Chapter 9: Race by Russell A. Potter Chapter 10: (Re)Presentin' the Tragic Mulatto: An Analysis of Multiracial Identity in Rap Music by Matt Oware Chapter 11: Skinhead Identity Contested: Ska Music, Racism, and Youth Culture by Daniel Sarabia Chapter 12: Lowbrow Entertainment to Highbrow Art Form: The Case of Jazz and Heavy Metal by Roscoe C. Scarborough Chapter 13: It Is What It Is: Race, Gender, and Privilege in Hip Hop DJ Culture by Michael Barnes IV. Music and Subcultures Chapter 14: Sect (From Jazz: Myth and Religion) by Neil Leonard Chapter 15: Hardcore: An Ethnographic Study of an Evolving Music Subculture by Kerry Hendricks Chapter 16: Not Fade Away: Ritual Solidarity and Persistence in the Jamband Community by Pam Hunt Chapter 17: Taqwacore: An Introduction to Muslim American Punk Rock by Sarah S. Hosman V. Music as Social Change and Commentary Chapter 18: Hitler, the Holocaust, and Heavy Metal Music: Holocaust Memory and Representation in the Heavy Metal Subculture1980-Present by Mark Mengerink Chapter 19: Painful Listening: The Musical Noise and Cultural Transcendence of Southern Italian Tarantism by Lee Blackstone Chapter 20: An International Comparison of the Politics of Straight Edge by William Tsitsos Chapter 21: Sing Out: Collective Singing Rituals of Folk Protest Music in US Social Movements by Jeneve Brooks VI. Commodification of Music Chapter 22: The Industrialization of Popular Music by Simon Frith Chapter 23: Authenticity and Independence in Rap Music and Other Genre Communities by Jennifer C. Lena Chapter 24: A Piece of Art Is Not a Loaf of Bread: Indie Rock's Challenge to Commodification by Jeffrey Nathanial Parker Chapter 25: Operating Outside of the Music Industry: Strategies of Production in a Semi-Professional Musical Art World by Diana Miller Chapter 26: Why Pay for Music? How College Students Rationalize Illegal Downloading by Jason S. Ulsperberger, Kristin Ulsperberger, and Stan H. Hodges.