Book Description
This collection of essays, which reflects the views of music scholars who bring critical theory to bear on the theory and analysis of music, is long overdue. The essayists are not fixated on aesthetics: rather, they focus on the social and psychological concerns that previously had been considered marginal to their subject. Music/Ideology is a response to the question "Must the practise of music analysis and music theory always re-inscribe the ideology of aesthetic autonomy?" And, if not, under what circumstances does it re-inscribe that ideology? The responses to these questions should appeal not only to music and cultural theorists, but also to a larger audience engaged in critical theory. Essays by Jean- Francois Lyotard, Alan Street, Richard Littlefield, David Neumeyer, Marion Guck, Suzanne Cusick, David Gramit joke Dame, and Robert Fink.
Music and Ideology: Resisting the Aesthetic FROM THE PUBLISHER
Music/Ideology is a response to the question: Must the practice of music analysis and music theory always reinscribe the ideology of aesthetic autonomy? And, if not, under what circumstances does it reinscribe that ideology? The responses to these questions should appeal not only to music and cultural theorists, but also to a larger audience engaged in critical theory. These essays serve as an introduction to the broad array of issues arising from approaches that represent the full spectrum, from music-theoretical to marxist and feminist issues. Such questions are of vital importance, and not only to those who are engaged in establishing a connection among music theory, music analysis, and aesthetic ideology. Music/Ideology presents today's most interesting critical thinkers in postmodern theory and music theory, introducing an interdisciplinary approach and covering a wide range of subjects - both by implication and explication.