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The Resource Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States, William G. Roy, (electronic book)

Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States, William G. Roy, (electronic book)

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Summary: Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete social activities that make up movements. Drawing from rich archival material, William Roy shows that the People's Songs movement of the 1930s and 40s, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s implemented folk music's social relationships--specifically between those who sang and those who listened--in different ways, achieving different outcomes. Roy explores how the People's Songsters envisioned uniting people in song, but made little headway beyond leftist activists. In contrast, the Civil Rights Movement successfully integrated music into collective action, and used music on the picket lines, at sit-ins, on freedom rides, and in jails. Roy considers how the movement's Freedom Songs never gained commercial success, yet contributed to the wider achievements of the Civil Rights struggle. Roy also traces the history of folk music, revealing the complex debates surrounding who or what qualified as "folk" and how the music's status as racially inclusive was not always a given. --From publisher's description

Language: eng

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Princeton, Princeton University Press, c2010

Extent: xii, 286 p.

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Label: Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States

Title: Reds, whites, and blues

Title remainder: social movements, folk music, and race in the United States

Statement of responsibility: William G. Roy

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Language: eng

Summary: Music, and folk music in particular, is often embraced as a form of political expression, a vehicle for bridging or reinforcing social boundaries, and a valuable tool for movements reconfiguring the social landscape. Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete social activities that make up movements. Drawing from rich archival material, William Roy shows that the People's Songs movement of the 1930s and 40s, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s implemented folk music's social relationships--specifically between those who sang and those who listened--in different ways, achieving different outcomes. Roy explores how the People's Songsters envisioned uniting people in song, but made little headway beyond leftist activists. In contrast, the Civil Rights Movement successfully integrated music into collective action, and used music on the picket lines, at sit-ins, on freedom rides, and in jails. Roy considers how the movement's Freedom Songs never gained commercial success, yet contributed to the wider achievements of the Civil Rights struggle. Roy also traces the history of folk music, revealing the complex debates surrounding who or what qualified as "folk" and how the music's status as racially inclusive was not always a given. --From publisher's description

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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate: 1946-

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Roy, William G.

Dewey number: 306.4/84240973

Index: index present

LC call number: ML3918.F65

LC item number: R69 2010eb

Literary form: non fiction

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Folk music
Social movements
Music and race

Label: Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States, William G. Roy, (electronic book)

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Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States

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Princeton, Princeton University Press, c2010

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index

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Color: multicolored

Content category: text

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Control code: ebr10404088

Dimensions: unknown

Extent: xii, 286 p.

Form of item: electronic

Media category: computer

Media MARC source: rdamedia

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Original version note: Original electronic resource

Reproduction note: Electronic resource.

Specific material designation: remote

Label: Reds, whites, and blues : social movements, folk music, and race in the United States, William G. Roy, (electronic book)

Publication

Princeton, Princeton University Press, c2010

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Carrier category: online resource

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Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Color: multicolored

Content category: text

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Control code: ebr10404088

Dimensions: unknown

Extent: xii, 286 p.

Form of item: electronic

Media category: computer

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Original version note: Original electronic resource

Reproduction note: Electronic resource.

Specific material designation: remote

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