Understanding Society through Popular Music

Herausgeber: Kotarba, Joseph A

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written for Introductory Sociology, and Sociology of Popular Culture courses, this book uses popular music to illustrate fundamental social institutions, theories, sociological concepts, and processes. The authors use music, a social phenomenon of great interest, to draw students in and bring life to their study of social life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9781138806528
• ISBN-10: 1138806528
• Artikelnr.: 47721862

Autorenporträt

Joseph A. Kotarba, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at Texas State University and a faculty member at the Institute for Translational Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. His major areas of scholarly interest are culture, science, health and illness, deviance, everyday life social theory, and qualitative methods.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Social Interaction 2. The Family 3. The Self
Identity
and Life Course 4. Youth
Deviance
and Subcultures 5. Religion
Politics
and Popular Music 6. Class and Gender7. Hip-hop Culture and Social Change 8. Music and Social Media 9. Business in the Music Community 10.The Globalization of Popular Music:A Focus on Women in Poland Bibliography Contributors Cover Acknowledgments Index