TY - CHAP
T1 - The social functions of music
T2 - Communication, Wellbeing, Art, Ritual, Identity and Social networks (C- WARIS)
AU - MacDonald, Raymond
PY - 2021/5/27
Y1 - 2021/5/27
N2 - This chapter outlines the social function of music, emphasising music as a universally accessible, social phenomenon. I propose five categories and one overarching caveat represented by the anacronym C-WARIS (Communication, Wellbeing, Art, Ritual, Identity and Social Networks). The primary social function of music is communication. Music is utilised in maintaining and enhancing wellbeing and as a pleasurable art form. It functions universally with within religious, spiritual and ceremonial activities. Music also functions as a resource in establishing and maintaining identities and social networks. Reciprocal determinism (Bandura, 1986) and social identity theory (Turner & Reynolds 2010) are used to offer overarching theoretical contexts for these mechanisms.
AB - This chapter outlines the social function of music, emphasising music as a universally accessible, social phenomenon. I propose five categories and one overarching caveat represented by the anacronym C-WARIS (Communication, Wellbeing, Art, Ritual, Identity and Social Networks). The primary social function of music is communication. Music is utilised in maintaining and enhancing wellbeing and as a pleasurable art form. It functions universally with within religious, spiritual and ceremonial activities. Music also functions as a resource in establishing and maintaining identities and social networks. Reciprocal determinism (Bandura, 1986) and social identity theory (Turner & Reynolds 2010) are used to offer overarching theoretical contexts for these mechanisms.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Music-Psychology-in-Education-and-the/Creech-Hodges-Hallam/p/book/9780367271800#
U2 - 10.4324/9780429295362
DO - 10.4324/9780429295362
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9780367271800
T3 - Routledge International Handbooks
SP - 5
EP - 21
BT - Routledge International Handbook of Music Psychology in Education and the Community
A2 - Creech, Andrea
A2 - Hodges, Donald A.
A2 - Hallam, Susan
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -