Rebel musics : human rights, resistant sounds, and the politics of music making / Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischlin, Daniel.

Heble, Ajay, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Political aspects.

Music.

Popular music--Political aspects.

Popular music.

Social justice--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

254 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montréal ; Tonawanda, N.Y. : Black Rose Books, 2003.

Summary:

From Thomas Mapfumo to Bob Marley, William Parker to Frank Zappa, Edgard Varese to Ice-T; from American blues to West African drumming, hip hop to son, gospel singing to rock'n'roll cabaret, rebel music is at the heart of some of the most incisive critiques of global politics. With explosive lyrics and driving rhythms, a new wave of rebel musicians are helping to mobilize movements for political change and social justice, at home and around the world.

Original in concept, unrivaled in content, Rebel -Musics is alone in placing human rights issues side by side with different forms of music. A wide range of -accomplished contributors, from a variety of disciplines and performance contexts, examine the ways in which human rights and music are explicitly linked, how musical activism resonates in practical, political terms, and how musical resistance is enacted.

Apart from the editors, contributors include: cabaret artist, author, and musician Norman Nawrocki; film makers Marie Boti and Malcolm Guy; musician Jesse Stewart; poet George Elliott Clarke; author Timothy Brennan; economist Spencer Henson; author Martha Nandorfy; radio host Ray Pratt; editor, author, and music -reviewer Ron Sakolsky.

Daniel Fischlin is professor of English at the University of Guelph and co-author with Martha Nandorfy of "Eduardo Galeano: Through the Looking Glass" (Black Rose Books). He has been active as a musician for most of his life and this is his fourth book devoted to an interdisciplinary musical topic.

Ajay Heble is professor of English at the University of Guelph. He is the author of "Landing on the Wrong Note: Jazz, Dissonance, and Critical Practice" and coeditor (with Daniel Fischlin) of "TheOther Side of Nowhere: Jazz, -Improvisation, and Communities in Dialogue." Artistic director and founder of The Guelph Jazz Festival, he is also an accomplished pianist.

Contents:

Take 1 Rebel Musics: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making / Daniel Fischlin 10

1 Hangin' Out on the Corner of Music and Resistance / Ron Sakolsky 44

2 Making Rebel Musics: The Films / Marie Boti, Malcolm Guy, Elysee Nouvet, Hind Benchekroun 68

3 Freedom Music: Jazz and Human Rights / Jesse Stewart 88

4 Gospel as Protest: The African-Nova Scotia Spiritual and the Lyrics of Delvina Bernard / George Elliott Clarke 108

5 The Blues: A Discourse of Resistance / Ray Pratt 120

6 Rhythm Activism: A "Rebel News Orchestra/Rock 'n' Roll Cabaret" Band / Norman Nawrocki 150

7 The Right to Live in Peace: Freedom and Social Justice in the Songs of Violeta Parra and Victor Jara / Martha Nandorfy 172

8 Global Youth and Local Pleasure: Cuba and the Right to Popular Music / Timothy Brennan 210

Take 2 Rebel Musics: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making / Ajay Heble 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1551642301

155164231X

OCLC:

52705278