Sociology of culture and music
- New Delhi Kanishka Publishers, Distributors 2011
- x,92 Pp
The book try to grasp the complex world of culture. The book opens up an argument with a variety of approaches of western with a variety of approaches of western intellectuals to conceptualize culture. It provides special attention on musical culture of North India which has its own distinctive characteristics. The work approaches essential reasoning of higher culture and popular culture in the light of Cultural theories. Within the framework of culture theories the work of this book allows us to evaluate our existing cultural context. The work raises a number of concerns about western popular culture and its unavoidable influence over tradition bound society as a whole. The discourse posits that creative activities locate in social structure and creation takes place under culturally conditioned ambience. In case of popular culture underlying economic interest remain primary in the production of cultural goods while the creators and bearers of high culture primarily concerned with quality of cultural representation.