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Rhythms of Labour
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Artikel-Nr:
9781107000179
Veröffentl:
2013
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Erscheinungsdatum:
25.04.2013
Seiten:
358
Autor:
Marek Korczynski
Gewicht:
799 g
Format:
250x175x24 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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).
The first exploration of the history of music at work in Britain, from pre-industrialisation to the present day.
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.