| Authenticity and Belonging in the Northern Soul Scene: The Role of History and Identity in a Multigenerational Music Culture 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Raine, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030413632 ISBN-13: 9783030413637 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History - Music |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.98 lbs) 207 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book, which builds on a three-year immersive ethnographic study, argues that what scene participants do and say within the northern soul scene constitutes a claim to belong. For younger members, making claims to belong is problematic in a scene where dominant notions of authenticity held by insiders are rooted in a particular past: the places, people, events, and soundscapes of particular venues during the 1970s. In order to engage with this past, young men and women participate in a range of discursive practices. This book argues that these practices, and the ways they intersect and deviate from dominant notions of authenticity, represent shared and individual negotiations of the 'true soulie'. In doing so, it reveals the rich experiences of the younger generation of this multigenerational music scene, and the ways they establish a claim to belong to a scene first formed before they were born. |