Songs of Social Protest

Songs of Social Protest
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 683
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ISBN-10 : 9781786601278
ISBN-13 : 1786601273
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Book Synopsis Songs of Social Protest by : Aileen Dillane

Download or read book Songs of Social Protest written by Aileen Dillane and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs of Social Protest is a comprehensive companion guide to music and social protest globally. Bringing together scholars from a range of fields, it explores a wide range of examples of, and contexts for, songs and their performance that have been deployed as part of local, regional and global social protest movements, both in historical and contemporary times. Topics covered include: Aesthetics Authenticity African American Music Anti-capitalism Community & Collective Movements Counter-hegemonic Discourses Critical Pedagogy Folk Music Identity Memory Performance Popular Culture By placing historical approaches alongside cutting-edge ethnography, philosophical excursions alongside socio-political and economic perspectives, and cultural context alongside detailed, musicological, textual, and performance analysis, Songs of Social Protest offers a dynamic resource for scholars and students exploring song and singing as a form of protest.


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