'Rose Rosengard Subotnik was awarded the 2009 Slim Award (best article by scholar beyond early stages) by the AMS for her contribution to Musicological Identities: "Shoddy Equipment for Living?: Deconstructing the Tin Pan Alley Song,". Anyone still uncertain of Susan McClary's impact on musicology is warmly recommended to seek out this stimulating collection of essays. It is a remarkable tribute, not simply as an illustration of affection from two generations of musical scholars, but as an indication of how confidently and unapologetically the social meanings of music are now foregrounded. McClary was among the first to attempt to tease out such meanings, and inspired others to do likewise. The breadth of scholarship on display here is representative of the changed musicological landscape she helped to bring about.' Derek B. Scott, University of Leeds, UK ’[There is] diversity and openness... in many aspects of the book: in the range of musics and methodologies, in the willingness of scholars to interrogate their assumptions. In these qualities I detect a confident and mature discipline, one that goes far beyond appropriation or imitation of other disciplines to give something back to the humanities. Grown-up musicology? I think so.’ Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland