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"I Hear America Singing" : Folk Music and National Identity /

Folk music is more than an idealized reminder of a simper past. It reveals a great deal about present-day understandings of community and belonging. It celebrates the shared traditions that define a group or nation. In America, folk music--from African American spirituals to English ballads and prot...

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Autor principal: Donaldson, Rachel Clare
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hearing the people
  • 2. The people's war
  • 3. Illusion and disillusionment
  • 4. Keeping the torch lit
  • 5. The boom
  • 6. A bust and a beginning
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: a note on resources for recorded music
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.