Contents: Foreword; Preface; 10 musical lives of the guitar; Taking stock of the guitar phenomenon; The new guitarscape and musical instrument studies; Notes on guitarscaping; Materiality and the virtual guitar; The sensual culture of the guitar; Gender and sexuality in the new guitarscape; The power and agency of the guitar; Guitars, travel and translation; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index.
Kevin Dawe is Professor of Ethnomusicology and Head of the School of Music and Fine Art at the University of Kent, UK.
'Kevin Dawe has assembled an encyclopedic survey of the guitar's resonance in contemporary social life. It's not just guitarists and their sounds that he foregrounds, but all the activities, associations, ideas, and feelings that vibrate in tandem with the musicians and their music. The guitar is here unfolded with rich insight and unflagging enthusiasm.' William Washabaugh, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , USA 'This book should engage those interested not only in a comprehensive perspective of the guitar's influence in music culture and society but also in popular music in society. A valuable addition to music literature...Highly recommended.' Choice '... Kevin Dawe successfully negotiates [between the twin positions of fan and scholar], providing a comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the multi-faceted theoretical and cultural aspects of the guitar in the twenty-first century.' Notes
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