VU sociologists analyze American music forms and their changes over time
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2009-05-28
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Vanderbilt News Service
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "InterVU - Podcasts - VU sociologists analyze American music forms and their changes over time - Vanderbilt sociologists Jennifer Lena and Richard Peterson analyzed 60 samples of American music and found that each one --over time -- took on forms that were roughly comparable during their developmental sequences. The professors call these four distinct genre types Avant-garde, Scene-based, Industry-based and Traditionalist. 'Classification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres' has been published in the American Sociological Review." By Vanderbilt News Service. Ann Marie Deer Owens interviews Lena and Peterson.
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InterVU, Lena, Jennifer, Classification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres, Music genres, Music industry