[ETHNOMUS 25] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 26 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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Cultural imperialism western world influences the cultural world; everything is becoming homogenous: music with electric guitars/bass/etc is not necessarily western. By what criteria do we determine musical genre? (rhythm, melody, harmonic content, place of origin) Genre: creates value and are categories of value (economic, ethical, aesthetic: genre categories are unstable (they have an origin, but they also grow); a musician considered a certain genre back then might be considered something else now. The notion of going out and paying to listen to music was not really a thing until the mid-19th century (music as public/leisure entertainment) Recordings music consumed as an object instead of a social experience. Greater objectification/abstraction of the idea of music itself. The period of industrial to neoliberal capitalism (not only an economic but also a cultural transformation emergence of corporations preferably associated with music/entertainment) Neo-liberal capitalism greater expansion of capitalism"s reach.
