The Sociology of Music Timothy Dowd, Emory University Journal Title: 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook Volume: Volume 2 Publisher: SAGE Publications | 2007, Pages 249-260 Type of Work: Article | Preprint: Prior to Peer Review Permanent URL: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/cr9m9 Accessed September 25, 2021 9:46 PM EDT Dowd, Timothy J. 2007. “The Sociology of Music.” In 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook (Volume 2), Edited by Clifton D. Bryant and Dennis L. Peck. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pages 249-260, 440 and 505-512. Timothy J. Dowd.∗
[email protected] Emory University Timothy J. Dowd is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University. His research deals with the sociology of music, as well as with the sociologies of culture, media and organizations. His publications include articles in American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Annual Review of Sociology, and Administrative Science Quarterly. He has also edited special issues for journals, including “Explorations in the Sociology of Music” (Poetics, 2002), “Music in Society: The Sociological Agenda” (with Richard A. Peterson, Poetics, 2004), and “The Sociology of Music: Sounds, Songs, and Society” (American Behavioral Scientist, 2005). Introduction The sociology of music has enjoyed a notable boom during the final decade of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first century. This is partly evident in the rising number of publications that address music in some capacity, be it the creation, dissemination, or reception of various musical genres.