Music as Social Life: The Politics of Participation

People around the world and throughout history have used music to express their inner emotions, reach out to the divine, woo lovers, celebrate weddings, inspire political movements, and lull babies to sleep. This title explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the center of our profound personal and social experiences.

• | Author: Thomas Turino
• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780226816982
• | ISBN-10: 0226816982