{"product_id":"the-lyre-of-orpheus-popular-music-the-sacred-and-the-profane-9780199751402","title":"The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane","description":"The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural\u003cbr\u003esignificance. Christopher Partridge explores this significance, analyzing its complex relationships with the values and norms, texts and discourses, rituals and symbols, and codes and narratives of modern Western cultures. He shows how popular music's power to move, to agitate, to control listeners, \u003cbr\u003eto shape their identities, and to structure their everyday lives is central to constructions of the sacred and the profane. In particular, he argues that popular music can be important 'edgework, ' challenging dominant constructions of the sacred in modern societies. Drawing on a wide range of\u003cbr\u003emusicians and musical genres, as well as a number of theoretical approaches from critical musicology, cultural theory, sociology, theology, and the study of religion, \u003cem\u003eThe Lyre of Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the significance and the progressive potential of popular music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Partridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199751402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Partridge\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of a number of books, including The Re-Enchantment of the West, 2 volumes (2004, 2005) and Dub in Babylon (2010) and the editor of several\u003cbr\u003ebooks, including \u003cem\u003eUFO Religions\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), \u003cem\u003eEncyclopaedia of New Religions\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), \u003cem\u003eThe Lure of the Dark Side\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eHoly Terror\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) and \u003cem\u003eAnthems of Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e (2012).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40058167459955,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_eeff13f0-84f7-49fc-8377-52585c9d40cc.jpg?v=1651586182","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-lyre-of-orpheus-popular-music-the-sacred-and-the-profane-9780199751402","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}