Strains of Dissent : Popular Music and Everyday Resistance in WWII France, 1940 - 1945 /

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During the German Occupation from 1940 to 1944, Resistance fighters, Parisian youth, and French prisoners of war mined a vast repertoire from a long national musical tradition and a burgeoning international entertainment industry, embracing music as a rhetorical resource with which to destabilize Na...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jakes, Kelly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Popular music > Political aspects.
Popular music.
Music and war.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Musique populaire > France > 1941-1950 > Histoire et critique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Musique et guerre.
Musique populaire > Aspect politique > France > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Popular music > France > 1941-1950 > History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war.
Popular music > Political aspects > France > History > 20th century.
France.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Repertoires of Resistance: Musical Resources for Reimagining the Nation; Chapter 2. La France en Chantant: The Rhetorical Construction of French Identity in Songs of the Resistance Movement; Chapter 3. Zazous in Zoot Suits: Race Play in Occupied Paris; Chapter 4. From Prisoners to Men: Operettas on the POW Camp Stage; Chapter 5. GI Jazz: Music and Power in Liberation France; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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