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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 (2018) Reconceptualizing aesthetic cosmopolitanism : evidence from the early consecration of Anglo-American pop-rock in Italy. American Behavioral Scientist . doi:10.1177/0002764218800139
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764218800139
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 | ||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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: | 15 September 2018 | ||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 January 2016 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/0002764218800139 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Simone Varriale | ||||||
| Funder: | Warwick Postgradute Fellowship Award, University of Warwick. Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), Leverhulme Trust (LT) |
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