Music as labour : inequalities and activism in the past and present / edited by Dagmar Abfalter and Rosa Reitsamer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abfalter, Dagmar, editor.

Reitsamer, Rosa, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in the creative and cultural industries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Labor productivity--History.

Music.

Musicians--Economic conditions.

Musicians.

Music trade--History.

Music trade.

Equality.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

"This book brings together research at the intersection of music, cultural industries, management, politics and gender studies to analyse music as labour, in particular highlighting social inequalities and activism. Providing insights into labour processes and practices, the authors investigate the changing role of manifold actors, institutions and technologies and the corresponding shifts in the valuation and evaluation of music achievements that have shaped the relationship between music, labour, the economy and politics. With research into a variety of geographic regions, chapters shed light on the various ways by which musicians' work is performed, constructed and managed at different times and show that musicians' working practices have been marked by precarity, insecurity and short-term contracts long before capitalism invited everybody to 'be creative'. In doing so, they specifically examine the dynamics in music professions and educational institutions, as well as gatekeepers and mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. With a specific emphasis on inequalities in the music industries, this book will be essential reading for scholars seeking to understand the collective actions and initiatives that foster participation, inclusion, diversity and fair pay amongst musicians and other workers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Ironworks as Venues of Music Production: The Ostrava/Vftkovice Case from the 1890s to the 1910s / Fritz Trumpi

2. From Bohemia to the Balkans: Towards a Socioeconomic History of Itinerant Women Musicians, 1860-1889 / Nuppu Koivisto

3. The MGM Lion's Ominous Roar: (New) Technologies and the Disappearing Profession of Silent Movie Theatre Musicians in Croatia of the Late 1920s / Mojca Piskor

4. `Work that Body': Disco, Counterculture and the Promise of the Transformation of Work / Tim Lawrence

5. Hope, Labour and Privilege in American New Music / John R. Pippen

6. A Lockdown Recording Project: Jazz Musicians and Metaphors for a Working Life / Michael L. Jones

7. Emotional and Relational Labour in Music from a Feminist Perspective / Emilia Barna

8. Afghan Pop in Europe: Migration, Affect and Musical Labour / Marko Kolbl

9. `It's a Kind of Macho Culture': Changes and Continuities in Young Female Musicians' Talk about Inequalities / Christina Scharff

10. Women Working in the Music Business: An Alumni Study / Sally Anne Gross

11. Musicians of the World Unite! The Initial Years of the International Federation of Musicians / Martin Cloonan

12. Towards More Inclusion in the Music Industry / Sophie Hennekam

13. Moving Beyond @operaisracist: Exploring Blacktivism as a Pathway to Antiracism and Creative Justice in Opera / Antonio C. Cutler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Music as labour

ISBN:

9780367713614

0367713616

9780367713621

0367713624

OCLC:

1293769406