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Music and Manipulation : On the Social Uses and Social Control of Music /

Since the beginning of human civilization, music has been used as a device to control social behavior, where it has operated as much to promote solidarity within groups as hostility between competing groups. Music is an emotive manipulator that influences attitude, motivation and behavior at many le...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brown, Steven (Editor ), Volgsten, Ulrik (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Since the beginning of human civilization, music has been used as a device to control social behavior, where it has operated as much to promote solidarity within groups as hostility between competing groups. Music is an emotive manipulator that influences attitude, motivation and behavior at many levels and in many contexts. This volume is the first to address the social ramifications of music's behaviorally manipulative effects, its morally questionable uses and control mechanisms, and its economic and artistic regulation through commercialization, thus highlighting not only music's divers.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857457141
0857457144