The folk : music, modernity, and the political imagination /

"Who were 'the folk'? This question has haunted generations of radicals and reactionaries alike. The Folk traces the musical culture of these elusive figures in Britain and the US during a crucial period from 1870 to 1930, and beyond to the contemporary alt-right. It follows an insist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cole, Ross (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
1800-1999
Folk music > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
Folk music > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Folk songs > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
Folk songs > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Chansons folkloriques > Aspect politique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chansons folkloriques > Aspect politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
Folk songs > Political aspects
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : lost voices
  • Collecting culture : science, technology, & reification
  • A geography of the forgotten : vernacular music & modernity's discontents
  • Utopian community : nostalgia from Marx to Morris
  • Difference & belonging : on the songs of black folk
  • Soul through the soil : Cecil Sharp & the spectre of fascism
  • Coda : blood sings : a soundtrack for the alt-right.

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