ISBN:
9780691162089
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (311 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Reds, Whites, and Blues : Social Movements, Folk Music, and Race in the United States
DDC:
306.484240973
Keywords:
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete social activities that make up movements. Drawing from rich archival material, William Roy shows that the People's Songs movement of the 1930s and 40s, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s implemented folk music's social relationships--
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Social Movements, Music, and Race; CHAPTER TWO: Music and Boundaries: Race and Folk; CHAPTER THREE: The Original Folk Project; CHAPTER FOUR: White and Black Reds: Building an Infrastructure; CHAPTER FIVE: Movement Entrepreneurs and Activists; CHAPTER SIX: Organizing Music: The Fruits of Entrepreneurship; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Highlander School; CHAPTER EIGHT: Music at the Heart of the Quintessential Social Movement; CHAPTER NINE: A Movement Splintered; CHAPTER TEN: How Social Movements Do Culture; APPENDIX: Coding of Songbooks and Song Anthologies; Notes
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