Understanding society through popular music / 
Joseph A. Kotarba. 
 - Third edition. 
 - xxii, 234 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index. 
<br/><br/>The sociology of popular music / Joseph A. Kotarba -- Social interaction / Joseph A. Kotarba -- The family / Joseph A. Kotarba -- The self, identity, and the life course / Joseph A. Kotarba -- Youth, deviance, and subcultures / Joseph A. Kotarba -- Religion, politics, and popular music / Joseph A. Kotarba -- Class and gender / Joseph A. Kotarba -- Hip-hop culture and social change / Raphael Travis and Scott W. Bowman -- Music and social media / Christopher J. Schneider -- Business in the music community / Rachel Skaggs and Jonathan R. Wynn -- The globalization of popular music: a focus on women in Poland / Katarzyna M. Wyrzykowska. 
<br/><br/> Written for Introductory Sociology and Sociology of Popular Culture courses, this book uses popular music to illustrate fundamental social institutions, theories, sociological concepts, and processes. The authors use music, a social phenomenon of great interest, to draw students in and bring life to their study of social life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138806511 9781138806528 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017000144 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular music--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3918.P67  / K67 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.48424 Un21