Living Politics, Making Music : the Writings of Jan Fairley /

The late Jan Fairley (1949-2012) was a key figure in making world music a significant topic for popular music studies and this book celebrates her contribution to popular music scholarship by gathering her most important work together in a single place. The result is a richly informed and entertaini...

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Main Author: Fairley, Jan
Other Authors: Frith, Simon, 1946- (Editor), Rijven, Stan, 1949- (Editor), Christie, Ian, 1945- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014
Series:Ashgate popular and folk music series.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Jan Fairley, World Music and Popular Music Studies; Introduction: Jan Fairley and the Circuits of Journalism; Part I Nueva Canción: Writings on Chile; 1 La Nueva Canción Latinoamericana (1984); 2 Alive and Performing in Latin America: An Essay Review (1988); 3 Analysing Performance: Narrative and Ideology in Concerts by ¡Karaxú! (1989); 4 Inti-Illimani: Living a Life through Making Music (2002); Part II Making Sense of World Music; 5 The 'Local' and 'Global' in Popular Music (2001); 6 Ports of Call.
  • 7 The Songlines Guides8 There is a Place Where Music Really Does Change Lives ... El Sistema (2012); Part III Writings on Cuba; 9 'Ay Díos, Ampárame' ('O God, Protect Me'); 10 Dancing Back to Front: Regeton, Sexuality, Gender and Transnationalism in Cuba (2006); 11 Control Shift (2010); Part IV Profiles of Music-makers; 12 Profiles from fRoots; Afterword: Thanks to Life: Jan Fairley, Musical Scholar and Activist; Index.