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Reconceptualizing aesthetic cosmopolitanism : evidence from the early consecration of Anglo-American pop-rock in Italy

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Varriale, Simone (2021) Reconceptualizing aesthetic cosmopolitanism : evidence from the early consecration of Anglo-American pop-rock in Italy. American Behavioral Scientist . doi:10.1177/0002764218800139 ISSN 0002-7642.

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Abstract

This article explores how foreign, recently imported cultural forms can redefine dynamics of legitimation in national cultural fields. Drawing on archival research, the article discusses the early consecration of Anglo-American pop-rock in 1970s Italy and analyzes the articles published by three specialist music magazines. Findings reveal the emergence of a shared pop-rock canon among Italian critics, but also that this “cosmopolitan capital” was mobilized to implement competing editorial projects. Italian critics promoted both different strategies of legitimation vis-à-vis contemporary popular music, and opposite views of cultural globalization as a social process. Theoretically, the article conceptualizes “aesthetic cosmopolitanism” as a symbolic resource which can be realized through competing institutional projects, rather than as a homogeneous cultural disposition.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
M Music and Books on Music > M Music
N Fine Arts > NE Print media
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Rock music, Popular music, Globalization
Journal or Publication Title: American Behavioral Scientist
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
ISSN: 0002-7642
Official Date: 1 January 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
1 January 2021Published
15 September 2018Available
14 November 2015Accepted
DOI: 10.1177/0002764218800139
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: Simone Varriale
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 January 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 1 February 2016
Funder: Warwick Postgradute Fellowship Award, University of Warwick. Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Leverhulme Trust (LT)

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