01533nas a2200157   4500008004100000245007500041210006900116260000900185490000700194520104800201653001901249653001001268100002301278700002601301856004801327       2008                        eng d00a"Classification as Culture:  Types and Trajectories of Music Genres." 0 aClassification as Culture Types and Trajectories of Music Genres  c20080 v733 a<p>Questions of symbolic classification have been central to sociology since its earliest days, given the relevance of distinctions for both affiliation and conflict. Music and its genres are no exception, organizing people and songs within a system of symbolic classification. Numerous studies chronicle the history of specific genres of music, but none document recurrent processes of development and change across musics. In this article, we analyze 60 musics in the United States, delineating between 12 social, organizational, and symbolic attributes. We find four distinct genre types&mdash;Avant-garde, Scene-based, Industry-based, and Traditionalist. We also find that these genre types combine to form three distinct trajectories. Two-thirds originate in an Avant-garde genre, and the rest originate as a scene or, to our surprise, in an Industry-based genre. We conclude by discussing a number of questions raised by our findings, including the implications for understanding symbolic classification in fields other than music.</p>
10aclassification10amusic1 aLena, Jennifer, C.1 aPeterson, Richard, A.  uhttps://genreacrossborders.org/pt/node/1180