Organizing the musical canon

Dowd, Timothy J.; Liddle, Kathleen; Lupo, Kim; Borden, Anne

doi:10.1016/s0304-422x(02)00007-4

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“…Lamont and Molnár (2002: 168) define symbolic boundaries as "conceptual distinctions made by social actors to categorize objects, people, practices, and even time and space." Building on DiMaggio (1987), sociologists of culture have been studying symbolic boundaries of a particular typethe "artistic classification" of films (Baumann, 2001), classical music (Dowd, Liddle, Lupo and Borden, 2002) and the arts in general (Janssen, Kuipers and Verboord, 2008). Previous studies have suggested that more heterogeneous societies are likely to produce more differentiated artistic classifications (Blau, Blau and Golden, 1985;DiMaggio, 1987).…”

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Ethnic boundaries in national literary histories: Classification of ethnic minority fiction authors in American, Dutch and German anthologies and literary history books, 1978–2006

Berkers¹

2009

Poetics

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This article compares the classification of ethnic minority fiction writers in American, Dutch and German literary anthologies and literary history books for the period of 1978-2006. Using content analyses, I show that ethnic boundaries are much stronger in Dutch and German textbooks than in their American counterparts. Whereas, across the entire period, Dutch and German textbooks under-represent ethnic minority authorsrelative to the share of ethnic minorities in the populationand emphasize their ethnicity, American anthologies from 1991 to 2006 over-represent ethnic minorities and classify these authors primarily in literary terms. These findings are not due to demographics alone but are also related to differences in the field of textbook publishing (United States) and the extent to which national cultural repertoires vary from moderate ethnic inclusion (Netherlands) to strong ethnic exclusion (Germany).

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Ethnic boundaries in national literary histories: Classification of ethnic minority fiction authors in American, Dutch and German anthologies and literary history books, 1978–2006

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2009

Poetics

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“…Among other things, he and others detail how various genres came to be widely regarded as "high culture," or alternatively described as "high art"-which includes broad genres such as classical music and ballet. The construction of this aesthetic hierarchy was based on the efforts of influential groups and the infrastructure they constructed for disseminating and celebrating such genres (Braden, 2009;DeNora, 1991;Dowd et al, 2002;Santoro, 2010). While those efforts helped position high-culture genres at the top of the aesthetic hierarchy, there are some signs that their lofty position has been eroding (Alexander & Bowler, 2014;DiMaggio & Mukhtar, 2004;Janssen et al, 2008).…”

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Aesthetic Communities, Histories, and Retrospective Consecration

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2020

American Behavioral Scientist

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In this introduction to the special issue “Retrospective cultural consecration: The dynamics of remembering and forgetting,” we briefly sketch prior work and new developments in research on aesthetic communities and their collectively constructed histories. Such histories often involve the retrospective consecration of a select few exemplars. Contributors to this special issue examine the dynamics by which aesthetic communities remember as well as forget their past. In doing so, the articles address three intertwined themes in processes of consecration: aesthetic hierarchy, aesthetic mobility, and aesthetic evaluation.

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Distribution conventionality in the movie sector: an econometric analysis of cinema supply

2009

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This paper empirically analyzes the impact of several factors on a 'conventionality index' in the specific context of the cinema exhibition sector. To our knowledge, it is the first time that a standard conventionality index has been constructed for this purpose. Econometric analysis of the determinants of variation in this index provides decision-makers with an empirical focus for analyzing distributional aspects of the movie exhibition market, with particular emphasis on product differentiation. Specifically, (i) do cinemas based in a city area have a different or 'specialized' focus in contrast to cinemas in small towns? Or, (ii) do multiplexes have a different or more specialized focus in comparison with cinemas? To this end, cross-sectional econometric models are estimated to help analyze these effects in three Italian regions for a sample of cinemas covering the 2006 season. JEL classification: C2; D2; Z1.

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Organizing the musical canon

Cited by 60 publications

References 31 publications

Ethnic boundaries in national literary histories: Classification of ethnic minority fiction authors in American, Dutch and German anthologies and literary history books, 1978–2006

Ethnic boundaries in national literary histories: Classification of ethnic minority fiction authors in American, Dutch and German anthologies and literary history books, 1978–2006

Aesthetic Communities, Histories, and Retrospective Consecration

Distribution conventionality in the movie sector: an econometric analysis of cinema supply

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