MacIntyre, Bourdieu and the practice of jazz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4304136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Banks (0000-0002-3058-847X, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-86 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| 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/s0261143011000468 |
| OpenAlex | W2110564490 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article offers a sociological account of the labour of jazz musicians. The first part is concerned with elaborating a theory of jazz work based on Alasdair MacIntyre's notion of social practices. Applying this theory to recent empirical work with British jazz musicians, the article reveals how the virtuous pursuit of specific 'internal goods' is judged to be particularly prominent in jazz, suggesting that it might constitute an ethical practice in MacIntyrean terms. While MacIntyre's theory is argued to offer a congenial framework for an analysis of jazz, it is then compared and contrasted with more established readings of jazz practice - based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu - which suggest more objective and instrumental motivations for working in jazz. The article concludes by evaluating the relative merits of each approach
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Jazz · Sociology · Work (physics · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Musical Mobilities
Music As Ethics
Knowledge, Professional and Practice Integration in Social Work Education
Teaching artists or live performers? Early careers after a Jazz Master’s graduation in French-speaking Switzerland
Doing it with others
Translocality, Network Structure, and Music Worlds
De-westernizing creative labour studies
What Do Musicians Talk About When They Talk About Copyright
Jazz populism’ in London and the counter-hegemonic mainstream
The logic of distinctions in the Hungarian jazz field
Almost Like a Real Band
Roy Cape's labour of love
The Virtues of Scientific Practice
Being in the Zone' of Cultural Work
Saying Something
Thinking in Jazz
The field of cultural production
After Virtue
Cultural Goods and the Limits of the Market
Careers in the right beat
Distinction
The Rise of a Jazz Art World
Cultural Analysis and Bourdieu's Legacy
Culture and Power
Outsiders
Pierre Bourdieu
The Logic of Practice
Normativity and Social Justice in the Analysis of Creative Labour
Jazz goes to College
Art for Art's Sake or Selling Up
Clubs to Companies
Pierre Bourdieu
Qualitative Data Analysis
All that jazz
In Other Words
Class, Status, and Power among Jazz and Commercial Musicians
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |