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The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane
The Lyre of Orpheus Popular Music the Sacred and the Profane
Author: Christopher Partridge
The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance. Christopher Partridge explores this significanc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199751396
ISBN-10: 0199751390
Publication Date: 11/18/2013
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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