"I'm just as rock 'n' roll fan": popular music as a meaning resource for aging = "Sou como fã de rock 'n' roll": música popular como recurso de significado para o envelhecimento

Tanto críticos quanto fãs têm tradicionalmente encarado a música popular, especialmente em termos de suas interações de rock ´n´ roll, como um recurso de significado da juventude navegando ao longo da adolescência. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir a relevância da música popular para a auto-identidade ao longo da meia-idade e adiante. A base teórica para esta discussão é uma síntese de idéias sobre envelhecimento a partir do existencialismo e do interacionismo simbólico. O pensamento social existencial nos diz que o processo de auto-desenvolvimento é uma constante ao longo da vida. O que muda são circunstâncias da vida, o processo de idade biológica e afetiva, reavaliação do passado e relações estratégicas com os outros. A geração "baby boomer" foi a primeira geração ocidental a crescer inteiramente no mundo da música e da cultura do rock ´n´ roll, e muitos baby boomers vivenciaram o rock ´n´ roll como roteiro padrão para a vida. Por isso, esta fonte cultural altamente auto-integrativa, reforçada pelo poder dos meios de comunicação de massa, continua a ser central para a auto-identidade de muitos baby-boomers idosos mantém o rock ´n´ roll em suas vidas, com um interesse profundo pela autenticidade da sua música. Exemplos incluem a compra e execução de rádio por satélite e outras tecnologias que reforçam o status; o uso de música rock para cultivar romantismo e intimidade; apreço pela música pop em atividades religiosas e durante experiências espirituais; o uso do rock para expressar temas políticos e ser avôs por intermédio de Hannah Montan

The Everyday Life Intersection of Translational Science and Music

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theoretical relationship between translational science and music. The relationship between science and music has been of great interest to philosophers, historians, and musicologists for centuries. From a sociological perspective, we argue that science and music are closely linked at the level of everyday life in contemporary biomedical science. Translational science is a scientific movement that aims to facilitate the efficient application of bio-medical research to the design and delivery of clinical services, and a qualitative approach inspired by symbolic interactionism provides the opportunity to examine the place of the scientist in this movement. The concept of the existential self provides a useful platform for this examination insofar as the reflexive nature of the existential self is the way the person’s experience of individuality is affected by and in turn affects organizational change. An ongoing qualitative study of an NIH-funded program in translational science has found that music can serve to help scientists maintain a balanced self in light of new expectations placed upon them and their work. We identify six ways in which scientists can use music to enhance their sense of self and their work

"I'm just as Rock 'n' Roll fan". Popular music as a meaning resource for aging

Critics and fans alike have traditionally viewed popular music, especially in terms of its rock'n'roll iterations, as a meaning resource for youth navigating through adolescence. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relevance of popular music for self-identity through middle age and beyond. The theoretical basis for this exploration is a composite of ideas from existential social thought and symbolic interactionist views on aging. Existential social thought tells us that the process of self-development is constant throughout life. What changes are life circumstances, the biological and affective aging process, reassessment of the past, and strategic relationships with others. The baby boomer generation was the first western generation to grow up entirely in the world of rock 'n' roll music and culture, and many baby boomers experienced rock 'n' roll as a master script for life. Therefore, this highly self-integrated cultural resource, enhanced by the power of the mass media, remains central to the self-identity of many baby boomers as they approach old age. The author investigates the variety of ways aging baby boomers keep rock 'n'roll in their lives, with a pervasive interest in the authenticity of their music. Examples include the purchase and display of satellite radio and other status-enhancing technology; the use of rock 'n' roll music to nurture romance and intimacy; appreciation for pop music at religious services and during spiritual experiences; the use of rock 'n' roll to make sense of political issues, and grandparenting-through-Hannah Montana

Managing the problem pain patient: Compliance or social control?

This paper explores the usefulness of a social control perspective for the analysis of the everyday medical management of problem pain patients. The popular, social-psychologically based, patient-compliance model is founded on certain assumptions which limit applicability to pain patient-practitioner interaction. A social control model is proposed to account for the moral and social construction of the problem pain patient. Data are presented from studies of pain management seminars and the patient screening process in a comprehensive pain treatment center to illustrate how this moral and social construction is accomplished.

The Sarmatian Review, Vol., 35, No. 2

In this issue: SR Data -- Eric Chenoweth, Zbigniew Romaszewski (1940-2014): A Life in Human Rights -- Dariusz Skrczewski, Between clichs and erasure: Eastern and Central non-Germanic Europe as an empty syntagm in contemporary public discourse -- MORE BOOKS : Piotr Skwieciski's Romaszewscy and Maja Trochimczyk's Slicing the Bread -- Joseph A. Kotarba, The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War (review) -- John Guzlowski, In Paradise (review) -- Letter to the Editor -- THANK YOU NOT

The Sarmatian Review, Vol. 25, No. 3

Contents: "SR Index"; Zdzisław Krasnodębski, "The Past and Present Ends of History"; "BOOKS"; Roger Cooke, "Stalin and His Hangmen (review)"; Joseph A. Kotarba, "Spanish Carlism and Polish Nationalism" (review); Patricia A. Gajda, "When Eagles Die" (review); Agnieszka Gutthy, "Bacacay" (review); Michael (Michał) Zioło, "The Only Known Picture of God" (excerpts); Sutherland Edwards, "The Polish Captivity" (chapters 1 and 2); "Announcements and Notes"; "About the Authors"; "Thank You Note

Established Latino music scenes: Sense of place and the challenge of authenticity

We report on an ethnographic study of four established music scenes in which Latino music is produced, performed, experienced, and celebrated in Houston, Texas: conjunto, mariachi, salsa, and Latin jazz. This paper builds upon previous work that has examined emergent music scenes in Houston by incorporating three distinctly interactionist concepts – the scene, idioculture, and place – to illustrate established scenes. Our examination demonstrates that authenticity is a distinctly sociological concept, one that provides valuable insight into understanding the meanings that music has for the everyday actor