TY - BOOK ID - 80734900 TI - Destined for Greatness PY - 2018 SN - 9780813588131 0813588138 9780813588148 0813588146 9780813588124 081358812X 9780813588117 0813588111 PB - New Brunswick, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Rock musicians KW - Rock music KW - Rock and roll music KW - Rock-n-roll music KW - Popular music KW - Musicians KW - Rock groups KW - Social conditions KW - Social aspects KW - E-books KW - Social conditions. KW - college music. KW - concert. KW - drums. KW - guitar. KW - music world. KW - music. KW - musician. KW - perform. KW - rock and roll. KW - rock music. KW - rock musician. KW - rock. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80734900 AB - Pursuing the dream of a musical vocation-particularly in rock music-is typically regarded as an adolescent pipedream. Music is marked as an appropriate leisure activity, but one that should be discarded upon entering adulthood. How then do many men and women aspire to forge careers in music upon entering adulthood? In Destined for Greatness, sociologist Michael Ramirez examines the lives of forty-eight independent rock musicians who seek out such non-normative choices in a college town renowned for its music scene. He explores the rich life course trajectories of women and men to explore the extent to which pathways are structured to allow some, but not all, individuals to fashion careers in music worlds. Ramirez suggests a more nuanced understanding of factors that enable the pursuit of musical livelihoods well into adulthood. ER -