Rekret, Paul

Take This Hammer: Work, Song, Crisis

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ISBN 13:
9781913380168
author:
Rekret, Paul
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Goldsmiths Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 centimetres (0
Genre:
Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Popular Culture,
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£27.99

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Take This Hammer Work, Song, Crisis by Paul Rekret explores how changes in work and popular music are intertwined. As industrial society's boundaries between labor and leisure continue to blur, the role of music in everyday life evolves. The author examines how contemporary capitalism's transformations have influenced song-form, from online streaming to gentrification, unemployment, and ecological crisis. By connecting these shifts in work and economy to trends in popular music, Rekret reveals how song-form reflects developments in contemporary capitalism while also hinting at a horizon beyond it. This study offers a new understanding of contemporary musical culture and its potential to gesture towards a future beyond the alienating experience of work under capitalism. Through its exploration of the intersections between work and song, Take This Hammer Work, Song, Crisis sheds light on the complex relationships between music, society, and economy in the current era.

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