How music empowers : listening to modern rap and metal /

"How Music Empowers argues that empowerment is the key to unlocking the long-standing mystery of how music moves us. Drawing upon cutting-edge research in embodied cognitive science, psychology, and cultural studies, the book provides a new way of understanding how music affects listeners. The...

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Main Author: Gamble, Steven (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Listening to popular music in everyday life : an ecological-embodied approach
  • Individual empowerment in rap and metal music listening
  • Music as a lifeline : listening for resilience
  • The empowerment of popular music communities
  • Can music change the world? Empowerment, politics, and social change
  • Conclusion.