Sarah Thornton

• Scholar in Residence at University of California, Berkeley

In 33 Artists in 3 Acts, Sarah Thornton goes behind the scenes with some of the world’s most important living artists to explore how they move through the world, command credibility, and create iconic works. Divided into three cinematic "acts"―politics, kinship, and craft―it investigates artists' psyches, personas, politics, and social networks. W...

Popular Music and Communication. Second edition. Edited by LullJames. London: Sage Publications, 1992. 247 pp. - Volume 11 Issue 3 - Sarah Thornton

It is now over twenty years since the well-established sociology of deviance along with the emergent sociology of mass media produced the concept of 'moral panic'. The various studies of youth culture, drugtakers and the media reaction to these and other phenomena produced some of the most important work in post-war British sociology. This article...

Focusing on youth cultures that revolve around dance clubs and raves, Sarah Thornton highlights the values of authenticity and hipness and explores the complex hierarchies that emerge within the domain of popular culture. She portrays club cultures as "taste cultures" brought together by micro-media like flyers and listings, transformed into self-c...

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One of the things that distinguishes music from other forms of popular culture is that its consumption is accompanied by so much comment. Neither TV nor film, for instance, has accrued the volume, diversity or specialisation of the books and magazines devoted to music and read by people without a professional investment. This literature poses parti...

BLDSC reference no.: DX187677. Thesis (doctoral)--University of Strathclyde, 1993.