Hesmondhalgh, D (2008) Towards a Critical Understanding of Music, Emotion and Self-Identity. Consumption, markets and culture, 11 (4). 329 - 343 . ISSN 1477-223X
Abstract
The article begins by outlining a dominant conception of these relations in sociologically informed analysis of music, which sees music primarily as a positive resource for active self-making. My argument is that this conception rests on a problematic notion of the self and also on an overly optimistic understanding of music, which implicitly sees music as highly independent of negative social and historical processes. I then attempt to construct a) a more adequately critical conception of personal identity in modern societies; and b) a more balanced appraisal of music-society relations. I suggest two ways in which relations between self, music and society may not always be quite so positive or as healthy as the dominant conception suggests: 1) Music is now bound up with the incorporation of authenticity and creativity into capitalism, and with intensified consumption habits. 2) Emotional self-realisation through music is now linked to status competition. Interviews are analysed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2011 11:58 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2017 12:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10253860802391334 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/10253860802391334 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:42750 |