America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music In Twentieth-Century Society - Couverture souple

Bindas, Kenneth J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0275943062 ISBN 13 : 9780275943066

Editeur : Praeger, 1992

Synopsis

Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it reveal the attitudes of an era or generation. Always a major preoccupation of students, music is often ignored by teaching professionals, who might profitably channel this interest to further understandings of American social history and such diverse fields as sociology, political science, literature, communications, and business as well as music.

In this interdisciplinary collection, scholars, educators, and writers from a variety of fields and perspectives relate topics concerning twentieth-century popular music to issues of politics, class, economics, race, gender, and the social context. The focus throughout is to place music in societal perspective and encourage investigation of the complex issues behind the popular tunes, rhythms, and lyrics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

KENNETH J. BINDAS is Assistant Professor of History at West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia. His academic specialization is cultural history, in particular, music history. His publications on the role of popular music in American society have appeared in The Western Historical Quarterly and The Historian, among other journals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275943062
• ISBN 13: 9780275943066
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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