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The Popular and the Sacred in Music - Antti-Ville Kärjä

The Popular and the Sacred in Music

Buch | Softcover
198 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-02504-9 (ISBN)
CHF 69,90 inkl. MwSt
In the book, music is approached as a sphere of activity where sacred and popular qualities intersect and amalgamate. By recognising postsecular and postcolonial processes of religious change, the cultural dynamics at stake are approached by stressing the multiple dimensions of the sacred and the popular.
Music, as the form of art whose name derives from ancient myths, is often thought of as pure symbolic expression and associated with transcendence. Music is also a universal phenomenon and thus a profound marker of humanity. These features make music a sphere of activity where sacred and popular qualities intersect and amalgamate. In an era characterised by postsecular and postcolonial processes of religious change, re-enchantment and alternative spiritualities, the intersections of the popular and the sacred in music have become increasingly multifarious. In the book, the cultural dynamics at stake are approached by stressing the extended and multiple dimensions of the sacred and the popular, hence challenging conventional, taken-for-granted and rigid conceptualisations of both popular music and sacred music. At issue are the cultural politics of labelling music as either popular or sacred, and the disciplinary and theoretical implications of such labelling. Instead of focussing on specific genres of popular music or types of religious music, consideration centres on interrogating musical situations where a distinction between the popular and the sacred is misleading, futile and even impossible. The topic is discussed in relation to a diversity of belief systems and different repertoires of music, including classical, folk and jazz, by considering such themes as origin myths, autonomy, ingenuity and stardom, authenticity, moral ambiguity, subcultural sensibilities and political ideologies.

Antti-Ville Villén (formerly Kärjä) is Professor of the Cultural Study of Music, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland.

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Origins and effects

3 Ingenuity and authenticity

4 Religion and moral ambiguities

5 Subcultures and generations

6 Politics and resistance

7 Conclusion

References

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 2 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
ISBN-10 1-032-02504-2 / 1032025042
ISBN-13 978-1-032-02504-9 / 9781032025049
Zustand Neuware
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