Music Scenes

by Bennett, Andy; Peterson, Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780826514516
• ISBN10: 0826514510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Vanderbilt Univ Pr

Summary

These fourteen original essays examine the fascinating world ofmusic 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Notes on Contributors	p. xiii
Introducing Music Scenes	p. 1
Jazz Places	p. 17
Local Scenes
The Symbolic Economy of Authenticity in the Chicago Blues Scene	p. 31
Behind the Rave: Structure and Agency in a Rave Scene	p. 48
"Scenes" Dimensions of Karaoke in the United States	p. 64
"Tween" Scene: Resistance within the Mainstream	p. 80
"Doin' It Right": Contested Authenticity in London's Salsa Scene	p. 96
Translocal Scenes
"Riot Grrrl Is ...": Contestation over Meaning in a Music Scene	p. 115
Translocal Connections in the Goth Scene	p. 131
Music Festivals as Scenes: Examples from Serious Music, Womyn's Music, and SkatePunk	p. 149
"Not for Sale": The Underground Network of Anarcho-Punk	p. 168
Virtual Scenes
Internet-based Virtual Music Scenes: The Case of P2 in Alt.Country Music	p. 187
New Tales from Canterbury: The Making of a Virtual Scene	p. 205
The Fanzine Discourse over Post-rock	p. 221
Kate Bush: Teen Pop and Older Female Fans	p. 238
Index	p. 255
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