TY - BOOK AU - Kotarba,Joseph A. TI - Understanding society through popular music SN - 9781138806511 AV - ML3918.P67 K67 2018 U1 - 306.48424 Un21 23 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Popular music KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -