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Retrospective Cultural Consecration in Popular Music

Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums of All Time

Bibliographic Data

ID3756475
AuthorsVaughn Schmutz (Emory University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume48
Issue11
Pages1510-1523
Publication date2005-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764205276617
OpenAlexW2074351151
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited16

Acts of cultural consecration set sacred cultural producers and products apart from their profane counterparts. Some acts of consecration occur retrospectively, such as Allen and Lincoln's examination of the retrospective cultural consecration of American films. In this article, the author extends Allen and Lincoln's findings to the field of popular music by considering the effects of popular, professional, and critical reception on the likelihood that a popular music album was retrospectively consecrated by Rolling Stone magazine

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Consecration · Popular music · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Theater, Performance, and Music History

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Unique citing works70
Citations per year3,33
Citation span2005 - 2026 (22)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 69

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