The Lyre of Orpheus - Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane (Paperback)

The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance. Christopher Partridge explores this significance, analyzing its complex relationships with the values and norms, texts and discourses, rituals and symbols, and codes and narratives of modern Western cultures. He shows how popular musics power to move, to agitate, to control listeners, to shape their identities, and to structure their everyday lives is central to constructions of the sacred and the profane. In particular, he argues that popular music can be important edgework, challenging dominant constructions of the sacred in modern societies. Drawing on a wide range of musicians and musical genres, as well as a number of theoretical approaches from critical musicology, cultural theory, sociology, theology, and the study of religion, The Lyre of Orpheus reveals the significance and the progressive potential of popular music.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Christopher Partridge (Professor of Religious Studies)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-975140-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Easy listening, MOR Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Easy listening, MOR Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
LSN:	0-19-975140-4
Barcode:	9780199751402

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