Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering, Emma Robertson

Rhythms of Labour

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Produktbeschreibung

The first exploration of the history of music at work in Britain, from pre-industrialisation to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 797g
• ISBN-13: 9781107000179
• ISBN-10: 1107000173
• Artikelnr.: 36956477

Autorenporträt

Marek Korczynski is Professor of Sociology of Work at the University of Nottingham. He has written and edited a number of acclaimed books, including On the Front Line (1999, co-authored), Human Resource Management in Service Work (2002) and Social Theory at Work (2006, co-edited). He has also published widely on the connections between music and work, including articles in journals such as Work and Occupations, Organisation Studies, Popular Music, the Folk Music Journal, Business History, the Labour History Review, and Cultural and Social History. He gained his PhD from the University of Warwick and has been a Visiting Professor at Karlstad University, Sweden. Marek Korczynski and his fellow authors have released a CD of lost archived British work songs, entitled Rhythms of Labour (on the Harbourtown label).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: music at work and the sound of silence
Part I. Music at Work in Pre-Industrial Contexts: 2. From work song to singing at work
3. Hearing the British Isles singing
4. Fancy and function
5. Community
6. Voice
Part II. Industrialisation and Music at Work: 7. Silenced
8. Fragments of singing in the factory
Part III. Broadcast Music in the Workplace: 9. Instrumental music? The rise of broadcast music
10. Music and meaning on the factory floor
11. Conclusion: learning from the history of music at work.