Description:Music and Marx considers Marx's relevance to current issues in musical scholarship from perspectives that range across disciplinary and political vantage points. Well-known contributors analyze the numerous ways in which Marxist thought enters into music discourse. Exploring everything from Marxism in hip-hop to feudal properties of Hindustani music to revolutionary music of Central America, the essays in this book find surprising, paradigm-shifting revelations. This book will revolutionize the way music production and consumption is viewed.