Not just cock rock: Bodi and affective male experiences in dancing rock

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Abstract

This article suggests that, after over half a century during which successive generations of fans
in countries around the world have embraced multiple local and global genres and styles of pop-rock
music, individuals in many countries have became equipped with sonic-musical knowledge that enables
them to immediately, spontaneously and intuitively decipher amplified, electric, electronic and
manipulated musical soundscapes. Possession of this type of corporeal knowledge, and its routine
embodiment by individuals across many different parts of the world amounts to a mundane
manifestation of current culture, or rather a commonplace musical cosmopolitanism. As it unfolds,
this article discusses the notion of musical cosmopolitanism and the meaning of pop-rock as an
aesthetic culture. It also develops a classification of music-related knowledge into three major
categories – discursive, musical and sonic knowledge – before focusing on the third type.

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Author Biography

Amparo Lasén, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Professor of Sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid, member of the research group Ordinary Sociology. Doctorate in sociology at the University of Paris V-Sorbonne (1998). The main areas of research are digital culture, especially in relation to its participation in contemporary configurations of subjectivities and affects, gender relations, the study of youth cultures and practices, and musical practices, especially electronic dance music and the role of technologies in making and listening to musicals.

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2024-05-30 — Updated on 2025-03-20

How to Cite

Lasén, A. (2025) “Not just cock rock: Bodi and affective male experiences in dancing rock”, Debats. Journal on culture, power and society, 138(1), pp. 47–62. doi: 10.28939/iam.debats-138-1.3.

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Vol. 138 No. 1 (2024): El rock en la sociologia. Cossos, consums i sons

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SPECIAL ISSUE

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