Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States

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Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Roy, William G., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010
Series:Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects:
Folk music > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Social movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Social movements, music, and race
  • Music and boundaries : race and folk
  • The original folk project
  • White and black reds : building an infrastructure
  • Movement entrepreneurs and activists
  • Organizing music : the fruits of entrepreneurship
  • The Highlander School
  • Music at the heart of the quintessential social movement
  • A movement splintered
  • How social movements do culture.

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