Kenneth J. Bindas

America's Musical Pulse (eBook, PDF)

Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313389740
• Artikelnr.: 70036895

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: The Importance of Music to People by Rudolf E. Radocy
Politics Popular Music as Politics and Protest by Jerome Rodnitzky "Blues
What I Am:" Blues Consciousness and Social Protest by Fred J. Hay Proud to
Be an American: Patriotism in Country Music by Melton A. McLaurin "Still
Boy Meets Girl Stuff:" Popular Music and War by Jeffrey C. Livingston
Class Social and Geographic Characteristics of Country Music by James E.
Akenson The Music of the Dispossessed: The Rise of the Blues by William
Barlow Emerging from America's Underside: The Black Musician from Ragtime
to Jazz by Burton W. Peretti Race, Class, and Ethnicity among Swing
Musicians by Kenneth J. Bindas Rock and Roll and the Working Class by James
R. McDonald Rock is Youth/Youth is Rock by Deena Weinstein Economics Music
as a Commodity: Effect and Influence by Scott J. Hammond The Development of
Tin Pan Alley by Craig H. Roell Small Business and the Recording Industry
by Martin Laforse The Business of Popular Music: A Short History by Patrick
R. Parsons Taking Care of Business: The Commercialization of Rock Music by
George M. Plasketes Race The African-American Contribution to Jazz by
William Howland Kenney, III The Day Hank Williams Died: Cultural Collisions
in Country Music by Nolan Porterfield Swing and Segregation by Charles
Nanry The Role and Image of African-Americans in Rock and Roll by Charles
R. Warner Gender Equal Time: A Historical Overview of Women in Jazz by
Linda Dahl Women and Country Music by Karen Saucier Lundy One Voice: The
Legacy of Women Singers in Popular Music by Therese L. Lueck Lyrical Sexism
in Popular Music: A Quantitative Examination by Virginia W. Cooper Social
Context The Ragtime Controversy by David Joyner Debating with Beethoven:
Understanding the Fear of Early Jazz by Kathy J. Ogren Sounds of Seduction:
Sex and Alcohol in Country Music Lyrics by Charles Jaret and Jacqueline
Boles The Homogenization of Early Rock and Roll by Richard Aquila
Conclusion: Impact of Popular Music in Society by John Orman Index