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Fourteen original essays by sociologists and other scholars explore the dynamics of "music scenes" those sites where musicians, producers, and fans share common musical tastes and lifestyle choices. Contributions in the first section consider local scenes (such as Chicago blues) that are confined to specific areas. Essays in the next section explore the links between scattered local scenes that center around a particular type of music or lifestyle (i.e., goth, anarcho-punk, etc.). Finally, virtual scenes, in which fans communicate via the Internet, are examined. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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These fourteen original essays examine the fascinating world of music scenes, those largely inconspicuous sites where clusters of musicians, producers, and fans explore their common musical tastes and distinctive lifestyle choices. Although most music scenes come and go with hardly a trace, they nevertheless give immense satisfaction to their participants, and a few--New York bop jazz, Merseybeat, Memphis rockabilly, London punk, Bronx hip-hop--achieve fame and spur musical innovations. To date, serious study of the scenes phenomenon has focused mainly on specific music scenes while paying less attention to recurrent dynamics of scene life, such as how individuals construct and negotiate scenes to the various activities. This volume remedies that neglect.
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