Talkin' 'bout a revolution : music and social change in America /

Talkin' 'bout a revolution : music and social change in America /

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Author / Creator:Weissman, Dick.
Imprint:New York : Backbeat Books, 2010.
Description:xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Music -- Political aspects.
Music -- Social aspects.
Social change.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8065376
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Varying Form of Title:Talking about a revolution
Music and social change in America
ISBN:9781423442837 (pbk.)
1423442830 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and discography (p. [323]-348), and index.
Summary:A comprehensive guide to the relationship between American music and politics from music expert Weissman. Unprecedented in its approach, the book offers a multidisciplinary discussion that illuminates how social events impact music as well as how music impacts social events.
Standard no.:884088249458
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Songs of the Immigrants and Songs in American History and Politics
  • Arrival
  • Songs of the Immigrants
  • Songs About the Immigrants
  • The Revolutionary War
  • The Postcolonial Era
  • The War of 1812
  • The Mexican War
  • The Period Before the Civil War
  • The Civil War
  • The Spanish-American War
  • World War I
  • Other Early Political Songs
  • 2. Native American Music and Social Issues
  • The Inadvertent Host
  • Conquest and Removal
  • Nineteenth-Century Indian History
  • Indians in the Twentieth Century
  • Traditional Music
  • Twentieth-Century Music
  • Musical Fusions by Various Indian Artists
  • White Commentary on Indians
  • Indian Classical Music
  • The Business of Indian Music and a Look at the Future
  • 3. African Americans
  • The Slave Trade
  • Early Music
  • The Development and Evolution of Slavery
  • Religion
  • The Civil War and Its Aftermath
  • The Period of Maximum Oppression: 1880-1914
  • Secular Folk Music
  • Minstrels, Ragtime, and Broadway
  • Birth and Evolution of the Blues
  • White Blues and White Audiences
  • World War II to the Sixties
  • Gospel Music
  • Pop and R&B
  • Motown and Stax Records
  • Soul
  • Jazz
  • Rap
  • Songs by White People About African Americans
  • Race: An Ongoing Issue
  • 4. Women's Lives and Songs
  • The Role of Women
  • World War I and Women's Suffrage
  • Between the World Wars
  • The Fifties and Sixties
  • The British Invasion, the 1650 Broadway Songwriters, and Motown
  • Feminism and the Women's Movement
  • Enduring Women's Issues, from the Seventies On
  • Eighties and Nineties Ladies
  • The Nineties and Beyond
  • Women in Jazz
  • Women's Roles in Music
  • Songbook Analysis
  • The Music Industry and Women's Music
  • 5. Protest Songs: Music as a Tool for Social Change
  • Joe Hill
  • Songs of the Miners and Textile Workers
  • Conservative Songs
  • Music and the Communist Party
  • The Radical Schools of the Thirties and Black Protest Music
  • The Spanish Civil War and Protest Music
  • Changes in American Life and the Union Movement
  • The Almanac Singers
  • Professional Protest
  • The Hitler-Stalin Peace Pact
  • Alan Lomax and Woody Guthrie
  • Leadbelly
  • Protest Music and Audiences
  • World War II and the Almanacs
  • Pete Seeger and People's Songs
  • Josh White
  • The Red Scares, the Election of 1948, and the End of People's Songs
  • The Weavers
  • The Effects of the Blacklist on Political Music
  • Folk-Pop Crossover
  • The Kingston Trio
  • Music and the Civil Rights Movement
  • Protest Singers of the Sixties
  • Protest Music Today
  • The Future of Protest Music
  • Why Folk Music? Then and Now
  • 6. Spanish-Speaking Groups
  • The Southwest
  • Immigration
  • Political Militance
  • Mexican American Music
  • Evolution of Musical Style in Mexican American Music
  • Mexicans in Anglo Music
  • Puerto Rican Life and Music
  • Cuba and the Exodus
  • What's Going On: Chicano Consciousness and Music
  • Ry Cooder
  • 7. Rock and Roll
  • Why Rock and Roll?
  • Rock and Roll History
  • "Rock Around the Clock"
  • Elvis and Sun Records
  • Rock and White Supremacy
  • Cover Records
  • "The Sound of Young America"
  • Politics of the Sixties
  • Peace, Love, Flowers, Drugs, and Music
  • Peace, Love, and Disillusionment
  • Disco
  • Punk
  • Hard Core
  • Straight Edge vs. Punk's Underbelly
  • Heavy Metal and Eighties Rock
  • Grunge
  • Jokers in the Deck
  • Mainstream Artists
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • Rock and Roll and Race
  • Women and Rock
  • Rock and Roll Today
  • 8. The Music of Hate
  • Anti-African American Music
  • Neo-Nazi Music
  • 9. The Two Gulf Wars, 9/11/2001, and Afghanistan
  • The Gulf War of 1991
  • 9/11
  • The Second Gulf War
  • Iraq and Vietnam
  • 10. Music and Social Change
  • Omissions
  • Music, Celebrity, and the Political Process
  • Situations Where Music Had Influence
  • Can Music Cause Social Change?
  • Bibliography and Discography
  • Index
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