Background Music Cultures in Finnish Urban Life

Contents

• 1. Introduction;
• 2. Mapping background music as a phenomenon;
• 3. Scholarly approaches to background music;
• 4. Historical context: cultural, societal, and infrastructural characteristics;
• 5. Around the drawing board: providing background music;
• 6. Behind the till: background music as a tool for service work;
• 7. On the town: contesting background music;
• 8. Discussion; References.