"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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2014.
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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.