Hanquinet, L. and Taylor, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9796 (2025) Divergences and convergences across European musical preferences: how taste varies within and between countries. Poetics, 108. 101946. ISSN 0304-422X
Abstract
When investigating relational structures in culture, research in Europe has often either mapped the relationship between cultural tastes in a particular context, or mapped differences in cultural tastes (measured consistently) in different countries, without assessing how these differences can vary across them. Indeed, the idea of national homology (namely that the structures of cultural capital would be fairly similar in nations across Europe) has never been really tested, probably due to a lack of cross-national research on cultural preferences. Using data from the EUCROSS survey that took place in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain and the UK (2012–2013, n = 6016), we first use multiple correspondence analysis to estimate the relationships between a set of items on musical tastes. We then extend this through the use of class-specific analysis, to investigate how these relationships vary in each of the six countries. Finally, we analyse the relationships between the underlying dimensions of music tastes and different components of cosmopolitanism, compared with key demographic variables. We show that the musical field significantly varies across the nations represented in the survey, demonstrating that musical preferences remain largely anchored in national contexts. Cultural preferences are shaped by historical and social dynamics specific to each country, with significant variations in the symbolic value and demographic associations of music genres.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). |
Keywords: | Field; Music; Comparative research; Cosmopolitanism; Taste; Relational sociology |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AH/S004483/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2024 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2024 11:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.poetic.2024.101946 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220894 |