Handbook of Musical Identities - MacDonald, Raymond
Handbook of Musical Identities - MacDonald, Raymond Music is a tremendously powerful channel through which people develop their personal and social identities. But, just as language can mediate the…
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Handbook of Musical Identities - MacDonald, Raymond
Music is a tremendously powerful channel through which people develop their personal and social identities. But, just as language can mediate the construction and negotiation of developing identities, so music can also be a means of communication through which aspects of people's identities are constructed. Music is used to communicate emotions, thoughts, political statements, social relationships, and physical expressions.
This new book documents the remarkable expansion and growth in the study of musical identities since the publication of the earlier work. Music can have a profound influence on our developing sense of identity, our values, and our beliefs, be it from rock music, classical music, or jazz.Musical identities (MacDonald, Hargreaves and Miell, 2002) was unique in being in being one of the first books to explore this fascinating topic. The editors identify three main