| Life Flows on in Endless Song: Folk Songs and American History Contributor(s): Wells, Robert V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252076508 ISBN-13: 9780252076503 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| LCCN: 2008037939 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life Flows on in Endless Song explores American folk songs as a frame for the American experience. Robert V. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one region to another. Crafting a thematic map of four centuries of American history, Wells investigates how songs embody shifting attitudes toward the institution of the family, war and religion, work and the labor movement, transportation in America, and slavery and Jim Crow. He also considers modern folk heroes Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. Featuring a selective discography of key recordings, this book offers an accessible model for using folk songs as a richly evocative reflection of the American past. |