{"product_id":"portable-music-its-functions-joli-jensen-9780820481258","title":"Portable Music \u0026 Its Functions","description":"Using iPods or portable CD players, millions of people take their music with them every day to modify their daily experiences. Encased in headphones, they listen to music for entertainment, but also use it, among other things, as a buffer between themselves and the world outside, and to manage their moods. What is it about music that makes it useful in different ways to so many people? Have people always used music in these ways, or only since the technology of the Walkman and then the mp3 player made music portable? \u003cbr\u003e In this wide-ranging exploration of how and why we use portable music, Andrew Williams sheds new light on the role music plays in our everyday lives. \u003ci\u003ePortable Music and Its Functions\u003c\/i\u003e will be of use to students and scholars of sociology and cultural studies as well as of musicology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joli Jensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820481254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820481258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 246","brand":"Joli Jensen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447793037567,"sku":"9780820481258","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d16977a1-e00b-45b1-9dd6-4692bb3273cc.jpg?v=1777234852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portable-music-its-functions-joli-jensen-9780820481258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}