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Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity

By Ray, Mary Beth

Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity

By Ray, Mary Beth

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Essays on Music, Adolescence, and Identity: The Adolescentia Project explores music consumption, self-discovery, media culture, and memory through autoethnographic essays on albums we loved during adolescence covering three decades (1980-2010) as the music industry and socio-cultural identity landscapes in the United States significantly changed. The collection advances our understanding of music culture, identity, and adolescence in three ways. First, by expanding our knowledge of the shifting relationship between music and identity by using historical methods to examine changes in music culture and socio-cultural landscapes from 1980 to 2010. Second, by interrogating the role of musical memory and the act of cultural remembering by including autoethnographic reflective essays charting contributors' experiences of understanding and performing self through a particularly formative album of their adolescence. And third, by critiquing the act of music consumption in relation to identity construction and cultural remembering. By examining these influential albums, we can better understand the role of popular culture in identity construction and the long-term impact of these formative musical experiences.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2025-06-08
Publication Date:
2025-06-08
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3031552199
ISBN13:
9783031552199
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
326 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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