- Acknowledgments
- Music Talk
- The Value Problem in Cultural Studies
- The Sociological Response
- Common Sense and the Language of Criticism
- Genre Rules
- On Music Itself
- Where Do Sounds Come From?
- Rhythm: Race, Sex, and the Body
- Rhythm: Time, Sex, and the Mind
- Songs as Texts
- The Voice
- Performance
- Technology and Authority
- Why Music Matters
- The Meaning of Music
- Toward a Popular Aesthetic
- Notes
- Index


Performing Rites
On the Value of Popular Music
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$32.00 • £27.95 • €29.95
ISBN 9780674661967
Publication Date: 02/06/1998