Popular music and the aesthetics of ageing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3200005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andy Bennett (0000-0003-4194-9741, Griffith University), Jodie Taylor (0000-0002-1270-4318, Griffith University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-243 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Popular Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0261143012000013 |
| OpenAlex | W1968835325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 22 |
The cultural turn in sociology and related fields of study has brought with it new understandings of the various ways social identities are formed. In a post-structural landscape, social identities must increasingly be regarded as reflexively derived 'performative assemblages' that incorporate elements of the local vernacular and global popular cultures. Building on the above reinterpretation of social identity, this paper takes as its central premise the notion that, in addition to its well-mapped cultural importance for youth, popular music retains a critical currency for the ageing audience as a key cultural resource of post-youth identification, lifestyle and associated cultural practices. In its examination of the relationship between popular music, ageing and identity, this paper uses illustrative examples drawn from ethnographic data collected by the authors between 2002 and 2009 in Australia and the UK
Aesthetics · Art · Cultural identity · Currency · Epistemology · Ethnography · Identity (music · Linguistics · Literature · Performative utterance · Popular music · Premise · Reinterpretation · Social science · Sociology · Vernacular · Visual arts · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |