{"product_id":"destined-for-greatness-passions-dreams-and-aspirations-in-a-college-music-town-paperback-softback-9780813588117","title":"Destined for Greatness; Passions, Dreams, and Aspirations in a College Music Town (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813588117","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDestined for Greatness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePassions, Dreams, and Aspirations in a College Music Town\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Ramirez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813588117\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 8 black and white photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A fascinating reminder of music's profound impact across the life course,\u003ci\u003e Destined for Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e offers a backstage look at how musicians pursue, abandon, or creatively accommodate their rock and roll dreams with the realities of growing up.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Ross Haenfler (author of Straight Edge) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Michael Ramirez tells a fascinating story of emerging adulthood, developing an identity as a professional musician, and confronting the challenges of sustaining a career in the indie college music scene.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e - William T. Bielby (professor of sociology, University of Illinois Chicago) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Weekly-Book-List-April-20\/243116\"'\u003e\"Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018\" by Nina Ayoub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/page99test.blogspot.com\/2018\/04\/michael-ramirezs-destined-for-greatness.html\"'\u003e\"The Page 99 Test: Michael Ramirez's \u003ci\u003eDestined for Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (The Page 99 Test) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/mybookthemovie.blogspot.com\/2018\/05\/michael-ramirezs-destined-for-greatness.html\"'\u003e\"My Book, The Movie\" blog post about \u003ci\u003eDestined for Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (My Book, The Movie) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/americareads.blogspot.com\/2018\/05\/michael-ramirezs-destined-for-greatness.html\"'\u003e\"Campaign for the American Reader\" blog post on \u003ci\u003eDestined for Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Campaign for the American Reader) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/newbooksnetwork.com\/michael-ramirez-destined-for-greatness-passions-dreams-and-aspirations-in-a-college-music-town-rutgers-up-2018\/\"'\u003eNew Books Network - New Books in Sociology interview with Michael Ramirez\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (New Books Network) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is an excellent addition to an evolving area of scholarship.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/ugamagazine.uga.edu\/issue\/fall-2018\"'\u003e\"Book Explores Athens Music,\" in \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Georgia Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.wipsociology.org\/2018\/09\/24\/rock-stars-are-made-not-born\/?platform=hootsuite\"'\u003e\"Rock stars are made, not born,\" essay by Michael Ramirez\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Work in Progress) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Through his meticulous study of 48 indie-rock musicians aspiring musical success, Ramirez sketches a captivating picture of the motivations, considerations, and concerns of these musicians and their endeavors to make music their vocation.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Work and Occupations) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A very timely and important book. It should appeal to a wide variety of sociologists with divergent research interests.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (American Journal of Sociology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePursuing the dream of a musical vocation-particularly in rock music-is typically regarded as an adolescent pipedream. Music is marked as an appropriate leisure activity, but one that should be discarded upon entering adulthood. How then do many men and women aspire to forge careers in music upon entering adulthood? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDestined for Greatness\u003c\/i\u003e, sociologist Michael Ramirez examines the lives of forty-eight independent rock musicians who seek out such non-normative choices in a college town renowned for its music scene. He explores the rich life course trajectories of women and men to explore the extent to which pathways are structured to allow some, but not all, individuals to fashion careers in music worlds. Ramirez suggests a more nuanced understanding of factors that enable the pursuit of musical livelihoods well into adulthood.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 First Hearing the Sounds: Coming of Age and the Discovery of Music 23\u003cbr\u003e 2 First Making the Sounds: Negotiating Adulthood in a Musical World 50\u003cbr\u003e 3 I Feel It In My Bones: The Development of Musician Identities 77\u003cbr\u003e 4 Men and Masculinities in a Musical World 104\u003cbr\u003e 5 Women and the Challenges of Musical Life Course Trajectories 131\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Great Beyond: Commitment to Music and Looking Toward the Future 159\u003cbr\u003e 7 Conclusion 185\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 203\u003cbr\u003e Notes 207\u003cbr\u003e References 213\u003cbr\u003e Index 227 \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563714343192,"sku":"9780813588117","price":25.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/destined-for-greatness-passions-dreams-and-aspirations-in-a-college-music-town-paperback-softback-9780813588117","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}