Religion and Popular Music Artists, Fans, and Cultures

Through in-depth case studies, Religion and Popular Music explores encounters between music, fans and religion. The book examines several popular music artists - including Bob Dylan, Prince and Katy Perry - and looks at the way religion comes into play in their work and personas. Genres explored by contributing authors include country, folk, rock, metal and Electronic Dance Music. Case studies in the book originate from a variety of geographic and cultural contexts, focusing on topics such as nationalism and hard rock in Russia, fan culture in Argentina, and punk and Islam in Indonesia. Chapters engage with the central issue of how global music meets local audiences and practices, and considers how fans as well as religious groups react to the uses of religion in popular music. It also looks at how they make these interactions between popular music and religion components in their own identity, community and practice. Tapping into a vital and lively topic of teaching, research and wider cultural interest, and employing diverse methodologies across musicians, fans and religious groups, this book is an important contribution to the growing field of religion and popular music studies.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Andreas Hager (Editore), Christopher Partridge (Editore), Christopher (University of Lancaster UK) Partridge (Editore), Andreas (Abo Akademi University Hager (Editore), Andreas Häger (Editore)
• Autori: Andreas (Abo Akademi University Hager, Andreas Hager, Andreas Partridge Hager
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• Categoria: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781350001473
• ISBN: 978-1-350-00147-3
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Serie: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music; Bloomsbury Studies in Religion; Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music
• Categorie: RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Easy listening, Religion: general, Popular Music, Popular music, easy listening