How class divisions shape the definition of Ecuador's national music and identity

Whose Music? combines historical, musicological, and sociological materials and styles of analysis in ways that connect to the field of sociology. The analyses of social class systems presented here speak in translatable ways to analyses of musical forms. Not only that, both are connected to an understanding of the organizations through which works are distributed to their audiences. Perhaps most importantly for the contemporary reader, this book depicts the part of the process by which dominant class groups justify their domination--cultural and otherwise.

Questions and challenges the systems of gatekeeping that have restricted participation in twenty-first century country music culture.

Willman looks at the way country music's increasing popularity and conservative drift parallel the transformation of the Democratic South into the heart of the Republican mainstream.

Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.