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Sounds and Society: Themes in the sociology of music (Music and Society MUP) (Updated Edition) by Peter J. Martin Paperback, 298 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-7190-3224-5 / 0719032245 ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-3224-0 / 9780719032240 In this introduction to the social analysis of music, the author argues that musical meaning must be understood as socially constructed, rather than inherent, and that the notion of a correspondance between social and musical structures is highly problematic. An alternative approach, based on the "s |