Ken McLeod
This book by Ken McLeod masterfully uncovers the profound, often paradoxical, and under-acknowledged interconnections between popular music and sports, revealing their essential role in shaping individual and collective identities and challenging conventional societal notions.
Sports and popular music function as deeply synergistic forces in the fundamental processes of constructing individual and collective identities and fostering community bonds. Their intrinsic connection is often facilitated through sophisticated cross-marketing strategies and through their mutual impact on each other's performative methodologies and evolving stylistic content. Instead of being isolated academic or cultural subjects, popular music and sport cultures engage in a continuous, dynamic exchange, influencing each other in terms of aesthetic styles, underlying ideologies, and fundamental structural forms. This convergence uniquely challenges ingrained notions such as mind-body dualities, and critically examines established codes of nationalism, socioeconomic class, gender, racial identity, and sexual orientation. Dr. Ken McLeod’s work meticulously uncovers the frequently paradoxical and often conflicting relationships inherent in these pervasive modes of leisure and entertainment. He robustly demonstrates that they are not culturally or ideologically distinct realms but rather profoundly interconnected modes of contemporary social practice. Examples illustrating this profound connection are extensive. Music is deployed to significantly amplify the experience of sporting events, appearing as national anthems, rousing chants and cheers that energize participants and spectators alike, and various forms of intermission entertainment. Moreover, music actively integrates itself into the athletic event, influencing rhythm, pace, and motivation. There is also a rich body of music specifically composed about sports or intrinsically linked to athletic achievements and figures. Further connections are evident in the strategic use of music within sports-themed films, television programming, and video games. Importantly, there are significant, albeit critically under-acknowledged, commonalities regarding the nature of spectatorship, the discipline of practice, and the spectacle of performance across both domains. Despite the extensive scope of these convergences, the profound and extraordinary impact of the interrelationship between music and sports on popular culture has regrettably remained largely unexamined and unrecognized. McLeod’s scholarly contributions effectively synthesize several influential currents of popular culture, thus filling a critical void in our understanding of how identity is constructed and communicated in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Authors: Ken McLeod
Publication date: 11-02-2016
Language: en
Pages: 268
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We are the Champions: The Politics of Sports and Popular Music, written by Ken McLeod and published on 11-02-2016, is included in our catalog for information queries and ebook downloads in epub or pdf format.
Ken McLeod is a teacher, writer, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism, born in Scotland and based in Canada. He studied with masters such as Kalu Rinpoche and is known for his practical and contemporary approach to Buddhist teachings. He is the founder of Unfettered Mind and author of several books, including "Wake Up to Your Life".
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