The Great Music City : Exploring Music, Space and Identity / by Andrea Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Andrea (Andrea Jean), author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Pop music, culture and identity

Pop Music, Culture and Identity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music.

Culture.

Popular culture.

Communication.

Global/International Culture.

Popular Culture .

Media and Communication.

Local Subjects:

Music.

Global/International Culture.

Popular Culture .

Media and Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition 2019.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

In the 1960s, as gentrification took hold of New York City, Jane Jacobs predicted that the city would become the true player in the global system. Indeed, in the 21st century more meaningful comparisons can be made between cities than between nations and states. Based on case studies of Melbourne, Austin and Berlin, this book is the first in-depth study to combine academic and industry analysis of the music cities phenomenon. Using four distinctly defined algorithms as benchmarks, it interrogates Richard Florida's creative cities thesis and applies a much-needed synergy of urban sociology and musicology to the concept, mediated by a journalism lens. Building on seminal work by Robert Park, Lewis Mumford and Jane Jacobs, it argues that journalists are the cultural branders and street theorists whose ethnographic approach offers critical insights into the urban sociability of music activity.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319963525

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