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   American Folksongs of Protest » Read Now

   by John Greenway. 352 pgs.

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   ...as illustrations. Songs of protest are by their very nature ephemeral...until the folk had worn off its music-hall veneer. The requirement...songs of social and economic...
   
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   Rhythm and Resistance: Explorations in the Political Uses of Popular Music » Read Now

   by Ray Pratt. 246 pgs.

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   Beginning with the spirituals of the slaves and the gospel of the black church and continuing through the blues, jazz forms, country, folk, and rock, Rhythm and Resistance presents popular music as part of a continuing effort, over two centuries, to create community values and identity in the face...

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   Beginning with the spirituals of the slaves and the gospel of the black church and continuing through the blues, jazz forms, country, folk, and rock, Rhythm and Resistance presents popular music as part of a continuing effort, over two centuries, to create community values and identity in the face of social transformations. The book refutes the idea that the use of popular music for expression by a "socially marginal" society is new. The author demonstrates that popular music as an expression of community identity is centuries old.

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   Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements » Read Now

   by Reebee Garofalo. 333 pgs.

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   America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society » Read Now

   by Kenneth J. Bindas. 302 pgs.

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   Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it reveal the attitudes of an era or...

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   Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it reveal the attitudes of an era or generation. Always a major preoccupation of students, music is often ignored by teaching professionals, who might profitably channel this interest to further understandings of American history and society. In this interdisciplinary collection, topics concerning twentieth-century popular music are related to issues of politics, class, economics, race, gender, and the social context. The focus throughout is to encourage investigation of the complex issues behind the music.

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   Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies, Institutions » Read Now

   by Tony Bennett, Simon Frith, Lawrence Grossberg, John Shepherd, Graeme Turner. 306 pgs.

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   Rock and Popular Music examines the relations between the policies and institutions which regulate contemporary popular music and the political debates, contradictions and struggles in which those musics are involved.International in its scope and conception, this innovative collection explores the...

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   Rock and Popular Music examines the relations between the policies and institutions which regulate contemporary popular music and the political debates, contradictions and struggles in which those musics are involved.International in its scope and conception, this innovative collection explores the reasons for and ways in which governments have sought either to support or prohibit popular music in Canada, Australia and Europe as well as the impact of broadcasting policies in forming and shaping different musical communities. Rock and Popular Music is a unique collection suggesting significant new directions for the study of contemporary popular musics.

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   American Popular Music: Readings from the Popular Press, Vol. 2 ("'If Ya Wanna End War and Stuff, You Gotta Sing Loud' - A Survey of Vietnam-Related Protest Music" begins on p. 179) » Read Now

   by Timothy E. Scheurer. 267 pgs.

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   Dance of Life: Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia » Read Now

   by Craig A. Lockard. 390 pgs.

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   Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action » Read Now

   by Mark Mattern. 190 pgs.

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   ...action on specific issues. Protest music is an example of music...opposition, struggle, and protest. It may complement or...in concert. Popular Music and Power...