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Folk music and the new left in the sixties /

"Artists have often provided the earliest demonstrations of conscience and ethical examination in response to political events. The political shifts that took place in the 1960s were addressed by a revival of folk music as an expression of protest, hope and the courage to imagine a better world...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cain, Michael Scott (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Mississippi Needs Folk Singers; 1. Background; 2. Senator Keating Discovers a Crack in the Nation's Foundation; 3. The Schizophrenic World of the Protest Song; 4. Bob Moses Attacks Mississippi; 5. Here's to the State of Mississippi; 6. Carolyn Hester Goes to Mississippi; 7. Joan Baez Boards the Mississippi Train; 8. Peter, Paul and Mary; 9. Bob Dylan: The Reluctant Spokesman; 10. After the Summer Comes the Fall; Part II. "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?"; 11. The Radicalizing of Tom Hayden
  • 12. Lyndon Johnson Fights a War on Two Fronts: In Vietnam and in the Streets13. The Music of the People; 14. Music and the Prefigurative Culture; 15. Rise of the Prefigurative Culture; 16. "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation"; 17. Impatience Leads to Escalation; 18. The Chicago Seven Get Famous; 19. The New Left Loses Its Credibility; 20. The Shift in Academia: What Is Relevant?; Part III. Burn, Baby, Burn; 21. Radicalism in Both Politics and Music Dies; 22. The Death of Music as Revolution; 23. You Don't Need a Weatherman ... ; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index