Naslov
Socio-Cultural Significance of Popular Music

Autori
Dobrota, Snježana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Musical Culture & Memory / Marković, Tatjana, Mikić, Vesna - Beograd : Department of Musicology, Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, 2008, 163-172

ISBN
978-86-83745-94-4

Skup
Eight International Conference Musical Culture & Memory

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 11.04.2006. - 14.04.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
culture industry; jazz; popular culture; popular music; standardization

Sažetak
Music is an integral part of the culture, so the functions of music could be described in almost exclusively social terms. Popular music is the primary leisure resource for young people and it features young people's lives in a variety of different ways and in a diverse range of contexts. In this work we will examine Adorno's theoretical approach, which explains socio-cultural significance of popular music. He argues that popular music is a part of standardised culture industry. The category on which Adorno fixes to distinguish what he might call good serious music form popular music is standardization, which is an entire theory of popular culture in itself. His treatment of jazz has to be seen in the context of his treatment of mass culture generally. Adorno insists that jazz is a commodity in the strict sense, because it seeks to improve its marketability while masking its commodity character. Four main points around which we can focus the main criticism of Adorno's account of popular music are: immanent method, historical and social location, innovation and analysis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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