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The Voices that Are Gone : Themes in Nineteenth-Century American Popular Song.
Presenting a guided tour of topically arranged popular songs, the author of this text views the mores and values of 19th-century Americans as seen therein. He points out important landmarks and lesser sights providing colour and context.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Contents; Introduction; 1. The Distant Beloved: Genteel Romance Before the Civil War; 2. Realism and National Industry: Courtship in the Gilded Age; 3. Familiar Journey: Protocols of Dying in the Nineteenth Century; 4. The Social Faith: Popular Views of Technology; 5. Antebellum Minstrelsy and the Carnivalesque; 6. Postbellum Blackface Song: Authenticity and the Minstrel Demon; 7. The Romantic Savage: American Indians in the Parlor; 8. Out of Many, One? Western European Ethnicity; References; Index of Song Titles; Index of Names.