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Underground harmonies : music and politics in the subways of New York / Susie J. Tanenbaum.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3477.8.N48 T36 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tanenbaum, Susie J., 1965-
- Series:
- Anthropology of contemporary issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Street musicians--New York (State)--New York.
- Street musicians.
- Subways--New York (State)--New York.
- Subways.
- Popular culture--New York (State)--New York.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- This book is about New York City subway musicians. It explores who these individuals are and what motivates them to perform in an urban space that was not designed with their activity in mind. This book is, moreover, about New York City music, an urban ritual that challenges the way we think about public space by promoting spontaneous, democratic, intimate encounters in one of the city's most routinized and alienating environments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801430518
- 0801482224
- OCLC:
- 31867048
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