Musical taste and the creation of place-dependent capital : Manchester and the indie music field

Skandalis, Alexandros and Banister, Emma and Byrom, John (2020) Musical taste and the creation of place-dependent capital : Manchester and the indie music field. Sociology, 54 (1). pp. 124-141. ISSN 0038-0385

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Abstract

Drawing on qualitative interviews with indie music fans in Manchester, UK, we explore how experiences in the indie music field inform spatial and place-specific understandings of musical taste. Inspired by Bourdieu’s sociology of taste, the concept of place-dependent capital incorporates the interplay of the experiential dimensions of taste, and the overall structures in which they are embedded. We develop our findings into three themes, which allow us to highlight the diversity of ways in which our participants create place-dependent capital: exploring the taste of place; dwelling in place; and creating a sense of place. We propose the usefulness of place-dependent capital as an alternative theoretical tool, which acknowledges both structural and experiential dimensions of musical taste, allowing us to demonstrate the situatedness of indie music fans’ tastes.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Sociology
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The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Sociology, 54 (1), 2019, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Sociology page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/soc on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? sociology and political science ??
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134652
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Deposited On:
22 Jun 2019 09:16
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Yes
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Published
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