{"product_id":"popular-music-will-not-save-us-capitalism-and-music-education-hardback-9780253072436","title":"Popular Music Will not Save Us; Capitalism and Music Education (Hardback) 9780253072436","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePopular Music Will not Save Us\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCapitalism and Music Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLauren K. Richerme (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253072436\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn today's globalized landscapes, both traditional and progressive K–12 music education practices, including those associated with popular music, can further capitalism-related inequities. In this context, music educators and students might consider how they position themselves and their music-making practices in relation to capitalist aims and processes and confront the more unethical aspects of capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePopular Music Will Not Save Us\u003c\/i\u003e challenges music educators to rethink their philosophical stances in the face of contemporary capitalist values and explores the intersection of music education and globalized capitalism, unveiling how certain practices exacerbate material inequities and erode social responsibility. As author Lauren Kapalka Richerme unravels the complexities of music education, her analysis sheds light on how prevalent practices can inadvertently uphold capitalist ideals and reinforce individualism, unceasing accumulation, and precarity in the workforce. Given that no musical genre inherently challenges problematic aspects of capitalism, Richerme proposes that music educators instead focus on affective flows, or the circulation of sensations within pedagogical spaces, and consider four alternative positionalities: thriving within, surviving under, resisting, and challenging capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePopular Music Will Not Save Us\u003c\/i\u003e advocates for a shift away from capitalistic individualism and inequities and toward a more equitable, affective pedagogical mode. Now is the time to transcend traditional boundaries and embrace a new paradigm that prioritizes social impact over commercial gain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. An Introduction to Capitalism and Music Education\u003cbr\u003e 2. Will Popular Music Save Us? Limitations of Relevance and Flexibility\u003cbr\u003e 3. Affective Flows and Ethical Commitments\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thriving within Capitalism: From Competition to Monopolization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Surviving Capitalist Alienation through Playful Composing\u003cbr\u003e 6. Resisting Capitalist Material Inequities through Dialogic Witnessing\u003cbr\u003e 7. Challenging Capitalist Material Inequities through Response-able Disruptions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reconsidering Popular Music Making: Choosing Hopeful Adventures\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525706412312,"sku":"9780253072436","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/popular-music-will-not-save-us-capitalism-and-music-education-hardback-9780253072436","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}