Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class

The <i>Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class</i> is the first extensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field. Encompassing contemporary research in ethnomusicology sociology cultural studies history and race studies the volume explores the intersections between music and class and how the meanings of class are asserted and denied confused and clarified through music. With chapters on key genres traditions and subcultures as well as fresh and engaging directions for future scholarship the volume considers how music has thought about and articulated social class. It consists entirely of original contributions written by internationally renowned scholars and provides an essential reference point for scholars interested in the relationship between popular music and social class.