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 significance. 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 musics power to move; to agitate; to control listeners; to 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 musicians and musical genres; as well as a number of theoretical approaches from critical musicology; cultural theory; sociology; theology; and the study of religion; The Lyre of Orpheus reveals the significance and the progressive potential of popular music.
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