| Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century Contributor(s): Eyerman, Ron (Author), Jamison, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521629667 ISBN-13: 9780521629669 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $27.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: This highly readable book is among the first to link social movement and cultural theory. Building on previous studies, the authors examine the mobilization of cultural traditions and the formation of new collective identities through the music of activism. Specific chapters examine American folk and country music, black music, music of the sixties, and the transfer of the American experience to Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - General - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 306.484 |
| LCCN: 97025752 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.12" W x 9.02" (0.69 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Music and song are central to modern culture--social movements to cultural change. Building on their studies of the sixties culture and the theory of cognitive praxis, the authors examine the mobilization of cultural traditions and the formation of new collective identities through the music of activism. Specific chapters examine American folk and country music, black music, music of the sixties, and the transfer of the American experience to Europe. This highly readable book is among the first to link social movement and cultural theory. |