BRITISH BARBERSHOPPER: A STUDY IN SOCIO-MUSICAL VALUES.
Series: ASHGATE POPULAR AND FOLK MUSIC SERIES
Publisher: ASHGATE; Routledge; Ashgate
Published: 2005-04-28
Place of publication: ALDERSHOT
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 201
Description: "Liz Garnett documents and analyses the social and musical practices of this specialized community of music-makers, and extends this analysis to theorize the relationship between music and self-identity. The book engages with a range of sociological and musicological theoretical frameworks in order to explore the role of harmony, ritual, sexual politics, performance styles and 'tag-singing' in barbershop. This analysis shows how musical style and cultural discourses can be seen to interact in the formation of identity. Garnett provides the first in-depth scholarly insight into the British barbershop community, and contributes to ongoing debates in the semiotics and the sociology of music."--Jacket.