Life Flows on in Endless Song: Folk Songs and American History - Couverture rigide

Wells, Robert V.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0252034554 ISBN 13 : 9780252034558

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"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.

Revue de presse :

"A historian with a deep interest in and knowledge of folk music, Wells provides interesting insights about folk songs' potential to make American social history more accessible to students and general readers." --Norm Cohen, author of Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0252034554
• ISBN 13: 9780252034558
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240